title: Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Temporal Trends in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Appropriateness: Insights From the Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program".
authors.affiliation: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH.
authors.forename: Chad M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bohn
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Malenka
authors.affiliation: Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Chris L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bryson
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McCabe
authors.affiliation: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Jeptha P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lambert-Kerzner
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program, Foundation for Health Care Quality, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maynard
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*