Quality of Care for Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Four-State Pilot Study From The Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 273, Issue 19, 1995, Pages 1509-1514

  Ellerbeck, Edward F ^a   Jencks, Stephen F ^a   Radford, Martha J ^b   Kresowik, Timothy F ^c   Craig, Alan S ^d   Gold, Jay A ^e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^f   Vogel, Robert A ^g  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING CESSATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029074028     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03520430045037     Document Type: Article

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