Care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction by physician specialty: The effects of comorbidity and functional limitations

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 460-469

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sect Chron Dis Epidemiol Y   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d QUALIDIGM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034655119     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00331-4     Document Type: Article

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