Care following acute myocardial infarction in the veterans administration medical centers: A comparison with medicare

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 1773-1792

  Landrum, Mary Beth ^a   Guadagnoli, Edward ^a   Zummo, Rose ^b   Chin, David ^c   McNeil, Barbara J ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Price Waterhouse Cooper ^*

^c Brigham and Women's Hospital   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Medicare; Mortality; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Veterans Health Administration

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 10044242479     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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