The Impact of For-Profit Hospital Status on the Care and Outcomes of Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Results From the CRUSADE Initiative

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1462-1468

  Shah, Bimal R ^a   Glickman, Seth W ^a   Liang, Li ^a   Gibler, W Brian ^b   Ohman, E Magnus ^a   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^c   Roe, Matthew T ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848907107     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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