Government Regulation and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Volume, Access and Outcomes: Insights From the Washington State Cardiac Care Outcomes Assessment Program

Background It is unclear how to geographically distribute percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) programs to optimize patient outcomes. The Washington State Certificate of Need program seeks to balance hospital volume and patient access through regulation of elective PCI. Methods and Results We pe...

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Main Authors: Akash Kataruka, Charles C. Maynard, Ravi S. Hira, Larry Dean, Todd Dardas, Hitinder Gurm, Josiah Brown, Michael E. Ring, Jacob A. Doll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.025607