Surgeons allege that fewer coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations are being
performed because cardiologists are performing more percutaneous coronary intervention …

THE EMERGENCE OF SPECIALTY HOSPITALS THAT FO-cus on lucrative procedural
aspects of medicine has generated a heated debate among policy makers1, 2 that largely …

Objective. To determine whether patients' use of the Veterans Health Administration health
care system (VHA) is an independent risk factor for mortality following coronary artery …

Objective. To compare patients treated for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a Veterans
Health Administration (VHA) facility to similar patients treated under Medicare. Data …

Background—Critics have raised concerns that specialty cardiac hospitals exacerbate racial
disparities in cardiovascular care, but empirical data are limited. Methods and Results—We …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare outcomes of coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG) operations at a VA hospital and non-VA hospitals. MATERIALS AND …

Previous studies have demonstrated that regionalization of resources for cardiac
catheterization, percutaneous coronary artery angioplasty (PTCA), and coronary artery …

Coronary angioplasty is performed> 1,000 times daily in a variety of health care settings in
the public and private sectors in the USA. How outcomes for this procedure differ in the …

ContextAn ongoing debate focuses on whether institutions should perform percutaneous
coronary interventions (PCIs) without an onsite coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery …

Rates of hospitalization among black and white male and female Medicare beneficiaries, 65
years of age and older, for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and …