Comparative effectiveness of population interventions to improve access to reperfusion for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction in Australia

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-436

  Ranasinghe, Isuru ^a,b   Turnbull, Fiona ^a   Tonkin, Andrew ^c   Clark, Robyn A ^d   Coffee, Neil ^e   Brieger, David ^a,b  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Epidemiology; Geo spatial data analysis; Health policy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84864590899     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.965111     Document Type: Article

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