Length of hospital stay after acute myocardial infarction in the myocardial infarction triage and intervention (MITI) project registry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Every, Nathan R ^b   Spertus, John ^c   Fihn, Stephan D ^c   Hlatky, Mark ^a   Martin, Jenny S ^c   Weaver, W Douglas ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MITI Coordinating Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0342542132     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00168-4     Document Type: Article

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