Assessment of temporal trends in mortality with implementation of a statewide ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) regionalization program

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Glickman, Seth W ^a,b   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Cairns, Charles B ^b   Granger, Christopher B ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REPERFUSION OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS PROGRAM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859106332     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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