Effectiveness of public report cards for improving the quality of cardiac care - The EFFECT study: A randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2330-2337

  Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c,d   Donovan, Linda R ^a   Lee, Douglas S ^a,c,e   Wang, Julie T ^a   Austin, Peter C ^a,d   Alter, David A ^a,c,f,g   Ko, Dennis T ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

BENCHMARKING; DISCLOSURE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72249094112     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1731     Document Type: Article

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