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Multicenter Study
. 2015 Dec;175(12):1988-90.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6217.

Patterns of Institutional Review of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Appropriateness and the Effect on Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes

Nihar R Desai  1 , Craig S Parzynski  2 , Harlan M Krumholz  1 , Karl E Minges  2 , John C Messenger  3 , Brahmajee K Nallamothu  4 , Jeptha P Curtis  1
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Multicenter Study

Patterns of Institutional Review of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Appropriateness and the Effect on Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes

Nihar R Desai et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest

Drs. Desai and Krumholz are recipients of a research agreement from Johnson & Johnson, through Yale University, to develop methods of clinical trial data sharing. Drs. Desai, Krumholz and Curtis receive funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop and maintain performance measures that are used for public reporting. Dr. Krumholz receives research support from Medtronic, through Yale University, to develop methods of clinical trial data sharing and of a grant from the Food and Drug Administration to develop methods for post-market surveillance of medical devices. Dr. Krumholz chairs a cardiac scientific advisory board for UnitedHealth.

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Figure 1A. Hospital-level proportion of rarely appropriate PCIs stratified by AUC review practices. Each point represents the proportion of rarely appropriate PCI at an individual hospital. Figure 1B. Hospital-level proportion of rarely appropriate PCIs, median (IQR), stratified by AUC review practices and hospital-level non-acute PCI volume. There were 275 hospitals with an annual non-acute PCI volume ≤ 200 and 112 hospitals with > 200.
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Figure 1A. Hospital-level proportion of rarely appropriate PCIs stratified by AUC review practices. Each point represents the proportion of rarely appropriate PCI at an individual hospital. Figure 1B. Hospital-level proportion of rarely appropriate PCIs, median (IQR), stratified by AUC review practices and hospital-level non-acute PCI volume. There were 275 hospitals with an annual non-acute PCI volume ≤ 200 and 112 hospitals with > 200.
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