CCORT/CCS quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction care

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-45

  Tran, Chau T T ^a,b   Lee, Douglas S ^a   Flintoft, Virginia F ^a   Higginson, Lyall ^c   Grant, F Curry ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,d   Cox, Jafna ^e   Holder, Doug ^e   Jackevicius, Cynthia ^e   Pilote, Louise ^e   Tanser, Paul ^e   Thompson, Christopher ^e   Tsoi, Edward ^e   Warnica, Wayne ^e   Wielgosz, Andreas ^e  

^a Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Canadian health system; Myocardial infarction; Quality indicators; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AMBULATORY CARE; BENCHMARKING; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0037221019     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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