Improving the Quality of Care for Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
JAMAPublished 6 May 1998
Thomas A. Marciniak, Edward F. Ellerbeck, Martha J. Radford, Timothy F. Kresowik, Jay A Gold, Harlan M. Krumholz
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The quality of care for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction has improved in the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project pilot states and was associated with reduced mortality.
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The quality of care for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction has improved in the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project pilot states. Performance on the defined quality indicators appeared to be better in the pilot states than in the rest of the nation in 1995 and was associated with reduced mortality.
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