Opening of specialty cardiac hospitals and use of coronary revascularization in medicare beneficiaries.

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Published in JAMA on March 07, 2007

Authors

Brahmajee K Nallamothu1, Mary A M Rogers, Michael E Chernew, Harlan M Krumholz, Kim A Eagle, John D Birkmeyer

Author Affiliations

1: VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA. bnallamo@umich.edu

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