title: Utilizing cardiovascular data bases to guide the balance of cost and quality.
abstract: Cardiovascular administrators are being asked to focus on quality, cost-efficient operations of their service lines, to market that service, to secure business through managed-care contracting and to increase direct referral volume.
authors.affiliation: Tulsa Regional Medical Center, OK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cotham
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Stoever
mesh_terms: D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003628:Database Management Systems; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D009825:Oklahoma; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency