Impact of a statewide ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction regionalization program on treatment times for women, minorities, and the elderly

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-521

  Glickman, Seth W ^a,b,c   Granger, Christopher B ^a,b,c   Ou, Fang Shu ^a   O'Brien, Sean ^a   Lytle, Barbara L ^a   Cairns, Charles B ^c   Mears, Greg ^c   Hoekstra, James W ^d   Garvey, J Lee ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Jollis, James G ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Outcomes research; Regional variation; Treatment disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY REPERFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH CAROLINA; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 78650194731     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.917112     Document Type: Article

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