What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 384-390

  Curry, Leslie A ^a   Spatz, Erica ^a   Cherlin, Emily ^a   Thompson, Jennifer W ^a   Berg, David ^a   Ting, Henry H ^a   Decker, Carole ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 79952836681     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-6-201103150-00003     Document Type: Article

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