Hospital teaching intensity and mortality for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-46

  Shahian, David M ^a   Liu, Xiu ^a   Meyer, Gregg S ^b   Torchiana, David F ^a   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medical center; clinical outcomes; health care reform

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890440215     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000005     Document Type: Article

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