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Avoidable Utilization of the Chest Pain Observation Unit: Evaluation of Very-Low-Risk Patients

BACKGROUND: Very-low-risk patients treated in a chest pain observation unit (CPOU) may threaten efficient care delivery. To optimize the efficiency of CPOU evaluations, it is necessary to quantify the avoidable CPOU utilization rate, examine physician variability, and determine patient and physician...

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Published in:Crit Pathw Cardiol
Main Authors: Mahler, Simon A., Burke, Gregory L., Goff, David C., Hiestand, Brian C., Nicks, Bret A., Hoekstra, James W., Case, L. Douglas, Miller, Chadwick D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175488/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23680810
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0b013e31828dc764
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