Noguchi, Haruko; Shimizutani, Satoshi; Masuda, Yuichiro - Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of … - 2007
myocardial infarction (AMI), is much more frequent in Japan than in other developed countries, resulting in large medical …, we explore what factors explain the intensive use of PTCA in Japan, employing propensity score matching to estimate the … economically motivated., Abstract (104 words): In Japan, the use of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for the …