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Time Trends in the Utilization of Cardiac Catheterization Procedures in Italy, 1983–1993

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Carlo Favaretti  and
Aldo Mariotto
Carlo Favaretti
Affiliation:
Centre of Technology Assessment and Quality Improvement
Aldo Mariotto
Affiliation:
Centre of Technology Assessment and Quality Improvement
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Abstract

The use of cardiac catheterization procedures and the number of hemodynamic laboratories in Italy increased steadily from 1983 through 1993, sometimes with no planning or modern technology assessment. It is recommended that in the future funds be assigned to improve underused laboratories rather than to build new facilities.

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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , Summer 1996 , pp. 518 - 523
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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