Quality improvement efforts and hospital performance: Rates of beta-blocker prescription after acute myocardial infarction

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 282-292

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Herrin, Jeph ^b   Mattera, Jennifer A ^c   Holmboe, Eric S ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^a   Frederick, Paul ^d   Roumanis, Sarah A ^c   Radford, Martha J ^a,e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Flying Buttress Associates   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Ovation Research Group   (United States)

^e Center for Children's Environmental Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Health services research; Organizational culture; Outcomes research; Quality

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844313752     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200503000-00011     Document Type: Article

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