Care processes associated with quicker door-in-door-out times for patients with st-elevation-myocardial infarction requiring transfer results from a statewide regionalization program

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 382-388

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

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Outcomes; STEMI care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054775009     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.959643     Document Type: Article

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