Constructing a composite quality score for the care of acute myocardial infarction patients at discharge: Impact on hospital ranking

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 569-576

  Couralet, Mélanie ^a,b   Guérin, Sophie ^a   Le Vaillant, Marc ^a   Loirat, Philippe ^a   Minvielle, Etienne ^a  

^a EHESS Sciences   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; aggregation; composite score; French health care system; hospitals comparison; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMPOSITE QUALITY SCORE; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79957448368     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820fc386     Document Type: Article

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