Regional density of cardiologists and rates of mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-359

  Kulkarni, Vivek T ^a   Ross, Joseph S ^a,c   Wang, Yongfei ^a,b   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^d   Spertus, John A ^e   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^f,g   Masoudi, Frederick A ^h   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Heart failure; Mortality; Region

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; REGION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884467160     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000214     Document Type: Article

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