American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1133-1140 , December 2008

Disparity in drug-eluting stent utilization by insurance type

  • John Kao, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John Kao, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Cardiology, 840 S. Wood Street Suite 926, M/C 715, Chicago, IL 60612.
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  • Ricardo Vicuna, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • John A. House, MS

      Affiliations

    • Mid America Heart Institute of St. Luke's Hospital and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
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  • John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Colorado, Denver, CO
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  • Henry H. Ting, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • John A. Spertus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mid America Heart Institute of St. Luke's Hospital and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
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  • on behalf of the National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI Registry (NCDR)

Received 13 July 2007 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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PII: S0002-8703(08)00629-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.012

American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1133-1140 , December 2008

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