Evaluation of hospitals regarding outcomes and baseline risk: An application to percutaneous coronary intervention

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 502-507

  Hochadel, Matthias ^a   Schneider, Steffen ^a   Gottwik, Martin ^b   Zahn, Ralf ^b   Zeymer, Uwe ^c   Senges, Jochen ^c  

^a Foundation Stiftung Institut für Herzinfarktforschung   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centre comparison; Clinical registries; Drug eluting stents; Hospital performance; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347354238     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0529-5     Document Type: Article

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