Variations in patterns of care and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction for medicare beneficiaries in fee-for-service and HMO settings

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1065-1079

  Luft, Harold S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI); Health maintenance organizations (HMOs); Medicare; Quality; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042357370     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.00163     Document Type: Article

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