Physician board certification and the care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-244

  Chen, Jersey ^a   Rathore, Saif S ^b   Wang, Yongfei ^b   Radford, Martha J ^b,c,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Board certification; Mortality; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CERTIFICATION; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645121161     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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