Creating "turbo" accountable care organizations for time-critical diagnoses

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-649

  Rokos, Ivan C ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Acute stroke; Health policy; Quality improvement; Registries

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856111903     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.962506     Document Type: Review

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