Hospital case volume and appropriate prescriptions at hospital discharge after acute myocardial infarction a nationwide assessment

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Schiele, Francois ^a,b   Capuano, Frédéric ^c   Loirat, Philippe ^c   Desplanques Leperre, Armelle ^c   Derumeaux, Geneviève ^d   Thebaut, Jean Francois ^e   Gardel, Christine ^c   Grenier, Catherine ^c  

^a French Society of Cardiology   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

^d National College of French Cardiologists   (France)

^e National Professional Board of Cardiology   (France)

Author keywords

Composite indicator; Myocardial infarction; Quality indicators; Quality of care; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASPIRIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRESCRIPTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84873646533     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.967133     Document Type: Article

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