Rational and design of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial evaluating quality improvement initiative for reducing cardiovascular events among patients with acute coronary syndromes in resource-constrained hospitals in China

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 349-355

  Li, Shenshen ^a   Wu, Yangfeng ^a,b   Du, Xin ^a,c   Li, Xian ^a   Patel, Anushka ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^e   Turnbull, Fiona ^d   Lo, Serigne ^d   Billot, Laurent ^d   Laba, Tracey ^d   Gao, Runlin ^f  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

EID: 84926190400     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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