Improving the quality of care for medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction: Results from myocardial infarction

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1351-1357

  Marciniak, Thomas A ^a   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^b,c   Radford, Martha J ^d,e   Kresowik, Timothy F ^b,f   Gold, Jay A ^g,h   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d,i   Kiefe, Catarina I ^j,k   Allman, Richard M ^j,k   Vogel, Robert A ^l   Jencks, Stephen F ^a  

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

^b Iowa Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Connecticut Peer Review Organization ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g MetaStar Inc   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0032490147     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.17.1351     Document Type: Article

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