Variation in hospital mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1108-1112

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Herrin, Jeph ^b   Curry, Leslie ^a,b   Cherlin, Emily J ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^b,c   Webster, Tashonna R ^a   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957753899     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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