Do specialty cardiac hospitals have greater adherence to acute myocardial infarction and heart failure process measures? An empirical assessment using Medicare quality measures. Quality of care in cardiac specialty hospitals

American Heart Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Popescu, Ioana ^a,b   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^c   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b   Cram, Peter ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIALTY HOSPITAL;

CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45649084005     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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