Acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure outcomes at specialty cardiac hospitals

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2280-2287

  Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,h   Wang, Yongfei ^b   Cram, Peter ^c   Birkmeyer, John D ^d   Ross, Joseph S ^e,f   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^g   Krumholz, Harlan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac care facilities; Heart failure, congestive; Myocardial infarction; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC HOSPITAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36048974229     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.709220     Document Type: Article

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