health expenditures and technology in the treatment of heart attacks
health expenditures and technology in the treatment of heart attacks
health expenditures and technology in the treatment of heart attacks
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LIST OF TABLESTABLE 1 .........................................................................................................................................9Composition <strong>of</strong> Health Care Fund<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Alberta, Five <strong>and</strong> Twenty-Year Trends, 1975 to1995TABLE 2 .......................................................................................................................................13Record L<strong>in</strong>kage Summary - 7 Databases <strong>and</strong> 10 YearsTABLE 3 .......................................................................................................................................14Inclusion <strong>and</strong> Exclusion Criteria Used to Def<strong>in</strong>e an Index Admission for AMI PatientsTABLE 4 .......................................................................................................................................16Number, Age <strong>and</strong> Gender <strong>of</strong> AMI Patients Included <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> StudyTABLE 5 .......................................................................................................................................16Manitoba-Dartmouth Comorbidity Classification (Crude % <strong>of</strong> patients with diagnoses <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>previous year)TABLE 6 .......................................................................................................................................17Total Visits <strong>and</strong> Crude Readmission Rates Follow<strong>in</strong>g Discharge After Index HospitalizationTABLE 7 .......................................................................................................................................18Crude In-Hospital Mortality RatesTABLE 8 .......................................................................................................................................20In-Hospital Length <strong>of</strong> StayTABLE 9 .......................................................................................................................................21Crude Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) RatesTABLE 10 .....................................................................................................................................22Crude Percutaneous Translum<strong>in</strong>al Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) RatesTABLE 11 .....................................................................................................................................22Crude Ca<strong>the</strong>terization (CATH) RatesTABLE 12 .....................................................................................................................................23Day Surgery ProceduresTABLE 13 .....................................................................................................................................25Utilization <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essional ServicesTABLE 14 .....................................................................................................................................25Utilization <strong>of</strong> Physician ServicesInstitute <strong>of</strong> Health Economics Work<strong>in</strong>g Paper 00-14iv
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