Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rural Urban US Hospitals

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-108

  Baldwin, Laura Mae ^a   MacLehose, Richard F ^b   Hart, L Gary ^a   Beaver, Shelli K ^b   Every, Nathan ^c   Chan, Leighton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Quality Improvement   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642303836     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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