title: You don't always get what you pay for. Lower-cost hospitals can get better angioplasty outcomes.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D009657:North Carolina; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States