The relationships among physician and hospital volume, processes, and outcomes of care for acute myocardial infarction

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 519-527

  Tung, Yu Chi ^a   Chang, Guann Ming ^b,c   Chien, Kuo Liong ^a   Tu, Yu Kang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; health outcomes; mortality; Outcome and process assessment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ASPIRIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84901366498     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000132     Document Type: Article

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