The blue cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2) collaborative quality improvement initiative in percutaneous coronary interventions

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 381-386

  Moscucci, Mauro ^a   Share, David ^a   Kline Rogers, Eva ^a   O'Donnell, Michael ^a   Maxwell Eward, Ann ^a   Meengs, William L ^a   Clark, Ivian L ^a   Kraft, Phillip ^a   De Franco, Anthony C ^a   Chambers, James L ^a   Patel, Kirit ^a   McGinnity, John G ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MICHIGAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036775548     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2002.tb01071.x     Document Type: Article

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