Can we really use economic thinking to understand our health care system? Health
Economics, now in its sixth edition, not only shows how this is done, but also provides the …

Nearly 40 years after its invention, the angiogram is still considered by most physicians to be
the “gold standard” for defining coronary anatomy. Careful investigations have revealed …

With regard to a literature search for this revision, no specific strategy or formal data quality
assessment was used. Each of the 15 members of the writing group has specific expertise …

The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines herein revises and updates the original
“Guidelines for Coronary Angiography,” published in 1987 (1). The frequent and still …

OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the impact of intermittent atrial fibrillation (AF) on health-
related quality of life (QoL). BACKGROUND Intermittent AF is a common condition with little …

This change is welcome in many respects, since generalists have perennially been
undervalued by health care institutions, payers, and even patients. The greater prominence …

Background Universal health care systems seek to ensure access to care on the basis of
need rather than income and to improve the health status of all citizens. We examined the …

In the field of cardiology, large-scale clinical trials and registries have provided a wealth of
data on hundreds of thousands of patients. This is especially true in the field of acute …

The problems of medical care confront us daily: a bureaucracy that makes a trip to the doctor
worse than a trip to the dentist, doctors who can't practice medicine the way they choose …

Public opinion surveys uniformly show low support for medical-care systems in developed
countries. The longstanding conflict between equal access to care and efficient service …