Population
US population 18 years of age or older
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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PCI hospital expansion may not improve access; leaves open whether targeted placement can close remaining gaps.
A large increase in the number of PCI-capable hospitals in the US from 2001 to 2006 did not appreciably improve population access to the procedure within a 60-minute drive.
Concannon et al. (2011) studied this question.
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