Hospital performance recognition with the Get With The Guidelines Program and mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-553

  Heidenreich, Paul A ^a   Lewis, William R ^b   LaBresh, Kenneth A ^c   Schwamm, Lee H ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

BENCHMARKING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349250392     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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