Specialty of principal care physician and Medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: impact of comorbidity and severity.
McNamara R, Powe N, Thiemann D, Shaffer T, Weller W, Anderson G. Specialty of principal care physician and Medicare expenditures in patients with coronary artery disease: impact of comorbidity and severity. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2001, 7: 261-6. PMID: 11258143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrincipal care physicianCoronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCare physiciansUnstable anginaMean expenditureMyocardial infarctionChronic coronary artery diseaseMedicare expendituresProportion of patientsImpact of comorbiditiesLevel of comorbiditySeverity of diagnosisCharlson indexElderly patientsLow comorbidityPhysician typeAcute diagnosisChronic conditionsAcute diseaseChronic diseasesRetrospective analysisComorbiditiesPatients