2003
Quality of Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Who Is Included in Quality Improvement Measurement?
Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM. Quality of Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Who Is Included in Quality Improvement Measurement? Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 466-475. PMID: 12657065, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51154.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionReperfusion therapyOlder patientsMyocardial infarctionU.S. acute care hospitalsProportion of patientsAcute care hospitalsEffective treatment strategiesMedical record databaseOlder age groupsQuality of careQuality improvement measurementAdmission therapyDischarge therapyCare hospitalACE inhibitorsMedicare patientsTreatment strategiesRetrospective analysisMedicare beneficiariesPatientsEnzyme inhibitorsRecord databaseAge groupsTherapy
2002
Sex differences in cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction: the role of procedure appropriateness.
Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction: the role of procedure appropriateness. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2002, 137: 487-93. PMID: 12230349, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-6-200209170-00008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac catheterization useAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac catheterizationMyocardial infarctionMultivariable adjustmentEquivocal indicationsSex differencesProcedure useChart-abstracted dataLower crude ratesRisk-standardized ratesU.S. acute care hospitalsDays of hospitalizationAcute care hospitalsClinical guidelinesHospital characteristicsMedicare patientsCrude rateInappropriate treatmentRetrospective analysisCatheterizationInfarctionPatientsElderly personsWomen