Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 793-799, July 2009

Adherence to Appropriateness Criteria for Transthoracic Echocardiography: Comparisons Between a Regional Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Academic Practice and Between Physicians and Mid-Level Providers

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Miami, Florida (H.J.W., A.H., S.C.); Miami VAMC, Medical Service, Cardiology Section, Miami, Florida (H.J.W., S.C., C.P., T.H., F.M.); University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, Pediatrics, and Medicine, Miami, Florida (O.G-M.); and Miami VAMC, Research (O.G-M.) Miami, Florida

published online 08 June 2009.

Miami, Florida

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 This work was partially supported by the Schecter Family Foundation, Miami, Florida.

PII: S0894-7317(09)00379-4

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.018

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 22, Issue 7 , Pages 793-799, July 2009