Impact of missing data on standardised mortality ratios for acute myocardial infarction: Evidence from the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) 2004-7

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1926-1931

  Gale, C P ^a,b   Cattle, B A ^a   Moore, J ^a   Dawe, H ^a   Greenwood, D C ^a   West, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES;

EID: 80655144693     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.204883     Document Type: Article

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