Management practices and the quality of care in cardiac units

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 684-692

  McConnell, K John ^a   Lindrooth, Richard C ^b   Wholey, Douglas R ^c   Maddox, Thomas M ^d   Bloom, Nick ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84876801707     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3577     Document Type: Article

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