Revenue, relationships and routines: The social organization of acute myocardial infarction patient transfers in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1800-1810

  Veinot, Tiffany C ^a   Bosk, Emily A ^a   Unnikrishnan, K P ^b   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

AMI; Interhospital patient transfers; Quality information; United States

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICARE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866178864     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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