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Volume 349:1093 September 11, 2003 Number 11
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Use of Angiography in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Medicare

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To the Editor: The study by Petersen and coworkers (May 29 issue)1 showed that patients who were treated in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system after having a myocardial infarction were less likely to undergo coronary angiography, in spite of meeting the criteria for class I indications according to the classification of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiography, than were Medicare patients who were treated in the private sector. The authors concluded that this difference might be due to the regionalization of angiography services within the VA system. Although such a conclusion may be justified, . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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