Impact of independent data adjudication on hospital-specific estimates of risk-adjusted mortality following percutaneous coronary interventions in massachusetts

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-98

  Barringhaus, Kurt G ^a,e   Zelevinsky, Katya ^b   Lovett, Ann ^b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,c   Ho, Kalon K L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UMMHC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease statistics stents survival catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 79959694052     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.957597     Document Type: Article

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