Does lay media ranking of hospitals reflect lower mortality in treating acute myocardial infarction?

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 489-498

  Chevreul, Karine ^a   Prigent, Amélie ^a   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^a,b   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^c,d,e  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Hospital performance; Mortality; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867404606     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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