Acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes in specialty and general hospitals: Analysis of state inpatient data

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-78

  Cram, Peter ^a,b   Bayman, Levent ^a   Popescu, Joanna ^a   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Quality; Specialty hospitals

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549222219     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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