Delay in the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect on Quality of Care and Its Assessment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 931-938

  Graff, Louis G ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Borkowski, Brian ^a   Tuozzo, Kathy ^a   Foody, JoAnne M ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Radford, Martha J ^a  

^a QUALIDIGM   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; myocardial infarction; performance measurement; quality

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748052680     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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