Performance indicators in acute myocardial infarction: A proposal for the future assessment of good quality care

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1397-1401

  Weston, Clive F M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 54349117509     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.122432     Document Type: Short Survey

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