Effects of a statewide physician-led quality-improvement program on the quality of cardiac care

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1033-1042

  Goss, J Richard ^a   Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Aldea, Gabriel S ^c   Marcus Smith, Miriam ^d   Whitten, Richard W ^e   Johnston, Gilbert ^f   Phillips, Richard C ^b   Reisman, Mark ^g   Kelley, Ann ^d   Anderson, Richard P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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

^d Foundation for Health Care Quality   (United States)

^e Centers for Medicare   (United States)

^f St Joseph Hospital Tacoma   (United States)

^g SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646085768     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.035     Document Type: Article

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