Process factors affecting door to percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction patients

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-20

  Horst, Michael A ^a   Stuart, Jennifer J ^a,b,c   McKinsey, Nichole ^a,d   Gambler, Angela S ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Franklin and Marshall College   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention; performance improvement; time to reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84855180478     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611409199     Document Type: Article

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