Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients with alcohol-related diagnoses

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-75

  Fiellin, David A ^a   O'Connor, Patrick G ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^a   Radford, Martha J ^a,b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Alcoholism; Medicare; Myocardial Infarction; Quality of Healthcare

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644785950     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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