Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measures

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bernheim, Susannah M ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^b   Rathore, Saif S ^a   Ross, Joseph S ^a   Drye, Elizabeth ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREND STUDY;

EID: 78649374407     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.046     Document Type: Article

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