Quality of Care and In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease in Rural and Urban Hospitals (from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Program)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-143

  Ambardekar, Amrut V ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Dai, David ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^d   Hernandez, Adrian F ^d   Cannon, Christopher P ^e   Krantz, Mori J ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Colorado Prevention Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URBAN AREA;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73149083944     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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