Physician-owned specialty hospitals and coronary revascularization utilization: too much of a good thing?

Editorial

Peter Cram et al. JAMA. 2007.

. 2007 Mar 7;297(9):998-9.

doi: 10.1001/jama.297.9.998.

No abstract available

Comment on

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