A comparison of the national registry of myocardial infarction 2 with the cooperative cardiovascular project

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1886-1894

  Every, Nathan R ^a   Frederick, Paul D ^b   Robinson, Michael ^c   Sugarman, Jonathan ^d   Bowlby, Laura ^e   Barron, Hal V ^e,f  

^a Puget Sound VA Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NUFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d PRO West   (United States)

^e GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032693524     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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