Impact of public reporting and outlier status identification on percutaneous coronary intervention case selection in Massachusetts

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 625-630

  McCabe, James M ^a   Joynt, Karen E ^a,b   Welt, Frederick G P ^a   Resnic, Frederic S ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

case mix; intervention; outlier; percutaneous coronary; public reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879394534     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.01.140     Document Type: Article

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