Weekend/Holiday Versus Weekday Hospital Discharge and Guideline Adherence (from the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines - Coronary Artery Disease Database)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-667

  Tickoo, Sumit ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Liang, Li ^c   Cannon, Christopher P ^d  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50949118060     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.053     Document Type: Article

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