Achieving Quality Indicator Benchmarks and Potential Impact on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 756-762

  Wijeysundera, Harindra C ^a,b,c   Mitsakakis, Nicholas ^b   Witteman, William ^b   Paulden, Mike ^b   van der Velde, Gabrielle ^b,d   Tu, Jack V ^a,c,e   Lee, Douglas S ^c,e,f   Goodman, Shaun G ^c,g,h   Petrella, Robert ⁱ   O'Flaherty, Martin ^j   Capewell, Simon ^j   Krahn, Murray ^b,c,f,k  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CANADIAN HEART RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; REPERFUSION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ONTARIO; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82155196423     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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