Measuring and improving quality of care: A report from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology First Scientific Forum on Assessment of Healthcare Quality in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1483-1493

  Krumholz, H M ^a   Brass, L M ^a   Every, N R ^a   Spertus, J A ^a   Bazzarre, T ^a   Cohen, D J ^a   Hlatky, M A ^a   Peterson, E D ^a   Radford, M J ^a   Weintraub, W S ^a   Cannon, C P ^a   Ellerbeck, E F ^a   McNeil, B J ^a   Ryan, T J ^a   Smith S C , Jr ^a   Baker, D W ^a   Ashton, C M ^a   Dunbar, S B ^a   Friesinger, G C ^a   Havranek, E P ^a   Konstam, M ^a   Ordin, D L ^a   Pina, I L ^a   Pitt, B ^a   DeLong, E R ^a   Eagle, K A ^a   Normand, S L ^a   Mark, D B ^a   McAllister, B D ^a   Thomas, J W ^a   Duncan, P W ^a   Goldstein, L B ^a   Gorelick, P B ^a   Hinchey, J A ^a   Matchar, D B ^a   Nilasena, D ^a   Wennberg, D ^a   Williams, L S ^a   Wolf, P A ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; AHA ACC Conference Proceedings; Cardiovascular disease; Heart failure; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0003413755     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.12.1483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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