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- Title
Using admission characteristics to predict short-term mortality from myocardial infarction in...
- Authors
Nomand, Sharon-Lise T.; Glickman, Mark E.
- Abstract
Develops a prediction model of death within 30 days of hospital admission for elderly Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). High short-term mortality among elderly patients with AMI; Existence of variations in mortality rates in hospitals; Inadequacy of evaluating the clinical status at admission in accounting 30-day mortality rates.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MYOCARDIAL infarction-related mortality
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1996, Vol 275, Issue 17, p1322
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.1996.03530410036030