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Variation among hospitals in selection of higher-cost, “higher-tech,” implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Data from the National Cardiovascular Data.

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1 Variation among hospitals in selection of higher-cost, “higher-tech,” implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Data from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillator (ICD) Registry  Rachel Lampert, MD, Yongfei Wang, MS, Jeptha P. Curtis, MD  American Heart Journal  Volume 165, Issue 6, Pages e2 (June 2013) DOI: /j.ahj Copyright © 2013 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Timeline depicting model families available at the start of the analysis period and those released during the analysis period. American Heart Journal  , e2DOI: ( /j.ahj ) Copyright © 2013 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Hospital variation in use of “previously released” devices.
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4 Figure 3 Physician variation in use of previously released devices.
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5 Figure 4 Correlation of physician use of “previously released” devices between hospitals. Each point represents the correlation between hospitals for 1 physician of the 174 physicians performing at least 10 implants at each of 2 hospitals. R2 value for the correlation was 0.25, P < .001. American Heart Journal  , e2DOI: ( /j.ahj ) Copyright © 2013 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions


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