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- Title
Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006.
- Authors
Krumholz, Harlan M; Wang, Yun; Chen, Jersey; Drye, Elizabeth E; Spertus, John A; Ross, Joseph S; Curtis, Jeptha P; Nallamothu, Brahmajee K; Lichtman, Judith H; Havranek, Edward P; Masoudi, Frederick A; Radford, Martha J; Han, Lein F; Rapp, Michael T; Straube, Barry M; Normand, Sharon-Lise T
- Abstract
During the last 2 decades, health care professional, consumer, and payer organizations have sought to improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, little has been reported about improvements in hospital short-term mortality rates or reductions in between-hospital variation in short-term mortality rates.
- Publication
JAMA, 2009, Vol 302, Issue 7, p767
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.1178