Do 'America's Best Hospitals' perform better for acute myocardial infarction?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 286-292

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d Yale University School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033611478     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901283400407     Document Type: Review

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