An evaluation of composite indicators of hospital acute myocardial infarction care: A study of 136,392 patients from the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-87

  Simms, A D ^a,b,c   Batin, P D ^d   Weston, C F ^e   Fox, K A A ^f   Timmis, A ^g   Long, W R ^a   Hall, A S ^a,h   Gale, C P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Composite performance indicators; Mortality; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THIENOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALL OR NOTHING COMPOSITE SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE RANK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OPPORTUNITY BASED COMPOSITE SCORE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHTED OPPORTUNITY BASED COMPOSITE SCORE;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888005684     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.10.027     Document Type: Article

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