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CHEST PAIN CENTERS:
MOVING TOWARD PROACTIVE ACUTE CORONARY CARE
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ECONOMIC OUTCOMES (TABLE) |
Table 2
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| Cost of heart attack care in low-probability ischemic
patients (track, level, clinical pathway, etc.) |
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1992 |
1992 |
1994 |
1994 |
1995 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| Author (Ref.) |
Gibler
[41]
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Amsterdam
[42]
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Rodriguez Barrish
[43]
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Graff
[34]
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Myerberg
[44]
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Stewart
[45]
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Gomez
[46]
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Nicholson Ornato
[47]
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Hospital area
CCU |
Ohio |
California |
Maryland |
Connecticut
$5374 |
Florida
$6358 |
Michigan |
Utah |
Virginia |
Telemetry unit/
hospital unit
(unmonitored) |
$3500 |
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$2800 |
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$2063 |
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Acute outpatient
(observation in CPED) |
$1200 |
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$1246 |
$1428 |
$1683 |
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$893 |
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Bottom line
reduction in cost |
$2300 |
$2000 less as
outpatient |
$1586 |
$3946 |
$4675 |
$1771 |
$1170 |
<15% of
admitted patients |
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