Health system characteristics and rates of readmission after acute myocardial infarction in the United States

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Jeremiah R ^a,b   Chang, Chiang Hua ^a   Zhou, Weiping ^a   MacKenzie, Todd A ^a   Malenka, David J ^b   Goodman, David C ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Epidemiology; Medicare; Outcomes; Readmission; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931567343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000714     Document Type: Article

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