Association of Coronary CT Angiography or Stress Testing With Subsequent Utilization and Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries

CONTEXT Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a new noninvasive diagnostic test for coronary artery disease (CAD), but its association with subsequent clinical management has not been established. OBJECTIVE To compare utilization and spending associated with functional (stress testing)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2011-11, Vol.306 (19), p.2128-2136
Hauptverfasser:	Shreibati, Jacqueline Baras, Baker, Laurence C, Hlatky, Mark A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Catheterization - economics Cardiac Catheterization - utilization Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular system Cohort Studies Coronary Angiography - economics Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis Diagnostic tests Exercise Test - economics Exercise Test - utilization Fee-for-Service Plans Female General aspects Health care expenditures Health Expenditures - statistics & numerical data Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Male Medical sciences Medicare Medicare - economics Medicare - statistics & numerical data Mortality - trends Myocardial Infarction - economics Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Myocardial Revascularization - economics Myocardial Revascularization - utilization Outpatients Prevention and actions Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry Retrospective Studies Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed - economics United States
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