Appropriate use criteria: lessons from Japan

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Sep;7(9):1010-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.06.005.

Authors

Olivia Y Hung¹, Habib Samady¹, H Vernon Anderson²

Affiliations

¹ Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25234673
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.06.005

No abstract available

Keywords: appropriate use criteria; percutaneous coronary intervention; quality measures.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Imaging / trends*
Female
Guideline Adherence / trends*
Humans
Male
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / trends*
Patient Selection*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / trends*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
Unnecessary Procedures / trends*