Quality of care after acute coronary syndromes in a prospective cohort with reasons for non-prescription of recommended medications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Auer, Reto ^a   Gencer, Baris ^b   Räber, Lorenz ^c   Klingenberg, Roland ^d   Carballo, Sebastian ^b   Carballo, David ^b   Nanchen, David ^e   Cornuz, Jacques ^e   Vader, John Paul ^f   Vogt, Pierre ^g   Jüni, Peter ^h   Matter, Christian M ^d   Windecker, Stephan ^c   Lüscher, Thomas Felix ^d   Mach, François ^b   Rodondi, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PURINERGIC P2Y12 RECEPTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SWITZERLAND; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84899816195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093147     Document Type: Article

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