Coronary revascularization rates tied to frequency of cardiac testing, JAMA study finds.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY RATE LINK TO REVASCULARIZATION RATE is found in a study of 12 angiography service areas in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont during 1992 and 1993. The study by David Wennberg, MD, Maine Medical Center, Portland, et al., published in the April 17 edition of The Journal of the American Medical Association, compared utilization rates of cardiac stress tests, angiography and revascularization procedures among the 12 areas. Results of the study indicate that "local testing intensity is an important determinant of the variable use of invasive cardiac procedures."
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