Does the ownership of the admitting hospital make difference?: Outcomes and process of care of medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarction

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1193-1205

  Sloan, Frank A ^a   Trogdon, Justin G ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^b   Schulman, Kevin A ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Aspirin; Competition; Coronary bypass surgery; For profit hospitals; Medicare; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OWNERSHIP; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142024859     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000088569.50763.15     Document Type: Article

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