Declining length of stay for patients hospitalized with ami: Impact on mortality and readmissions

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1007-1015

  Saczynski, Jane S ^a,b   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^c   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b   Gore, Joel M ^a   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; DNR orders; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78049436378     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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