Medical records and quality of care in acute coronary syndromes: Results from CRUSADE

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1692-1698

  Dunlay, Shannon M ^a,b   Alexander, Karen P ^a,b   Melloni, Chiara ^b   Kraschnewski, Jennifer L ^a   Liang, Li ^b   Gibler, W Brian ^c   Roe, Matthew T ^a,b   Ohman, E Magnus ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPARIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49449116332     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.15.1692     Document Type: Article

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