Public reporting of 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1394-1397

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART INFARCTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 54049138375     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.804880     Document Type: Review

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