Care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction by physician specialty: the effects of comorbidity and functional limitations
Chen J, Radford M, Wang Y, Krumholz H. Care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction by physician specialty: the effects of comorbidity and functional limitations. The American Journal Of Medicine 2000, 108: 460-469. PMID: 10781778, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00331-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedCardiologyComorbidityFamily PracticeFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHospital MortalityHospitalizationHumansInternal MedicineMaleMedicareMyocardial InfarctionPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionGeneral practitionersPhysician specialtyFunctional limitationsComorbid illnessesPatient characteristicsSurvival benefitComorbid conditionsCardiology careNational Cooperative Cardiovascular ProjectEffect of comorbidityCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectBoard-certified cardiologistsInternal medicine subspecialistsMost comorbiditiesClinical characteristicsElderly patientsClinical presentationSpecialty careHospital characteristicsExcess mortalityBaseline differencesMedicine subspecialistsGeneral internists