UTILIZATION OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HEALTH CARE FROM 1983 TO 1996

Autor:	Aldo Mariotto, Carlo Favaretti, Vittorio Selle, Lucia Zeni
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Percutaneous Interventional cardiology business.industry Health Policy medicine.medical_treatment Population Surgery Angioplasty Emergency medicine Health care Epidemiology medicine education business Utilization rate Cardiac catheterization
Zdroj:	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 15:473-479
ISSN:	1471-6348 0266-4623
Popis:	Objectives: To examine the distribution of interventional cardiac catheterization laboratories, their case load, the time trends, and the regional variation of percutaneous transluminal cutaneous angioplasty (PTCA) utilization in Italy.Methods: Analysis of data was provided by the annual reports of the Italian Group of Studies and Interventional Cardiology over the period from 1983 to 1996.Results: The number of PTCA facilities and their use steadily increased, mainly in the North. In 1996 the utilization rate was 34 per 100,000 population, but only 60% of labs performed 200 or more procedures.Conclusions: Dramatic time trends and regional variations often took place without an epidemiology and technology assessment-based planning process.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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