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Research Article

Differences in episode-based care costs for multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography versus myocardial perfusion imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease

James K Min The Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Matthew Robinson Health Benchmarks, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA, USA
, MPH,
Leslee J Shaw Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
, PhD,
Fay Lin1 The Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
,
Antonio P Legorreta Health Benchmarks, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA, USA; University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA
, MD &
Amanda Gilmore Health Benchmarks, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA, USA
, PhD
Pages 327-340 | Accepted 05 Mar 2008, Published online: 19 Feb 2010

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