Comparing AMI mortality among hospitals in patients 65 years of age and older: Evaluating methods of risk adjustment

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2986-2992

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c   Chen, Jersey ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^b   Radford, Martha J ^a,b,c   Chen, Ya Ting ^b   Marciniak, Thomas A ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Elderly; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033564048     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.23.2986     Document Type: Article

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