Is there an association between quality of in-hospital cardiac care and proportion of low-income patients?

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-278

  Culler, Steven D ^a   Schieb, Linda ^b   Casper, Michele ^b   Nwaise, Isaac ^b   Yoon, Paula W ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospitals; Myocardial infarction; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POVERTY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING CESSATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77649170781     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181c161ba     Document Type: Article

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