2016
Association of Guideline-Based Admission Treatments and Life Expectancy After Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries
Bucholz EM, Butala NM, Normand SL, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Association of Guideline-Based Admission Treatments and Life Expectancy After Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 67: 2378-2391. PMID: 27199062, PMCID: PMC5097252, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.03.507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedAspirinFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGuideline AdherenceHospitalizationHumansLife ExpectancyMaleMedicareMyocardial InfarctionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPractice Guidelines as TopicThrombolytic TherapyTime-to-TreatmentUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionGuideline-based therapyYears of lifeAdmission therapyLife expectancyMyocardial infarctionMedicare beneficiariesCox proportional hazards regressionAcute reperfusion therapyLate survival benefitReceipt of aspirinPercutaneous coronary interventionLong-term outcomesProportional hazards regressionCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectElderly Medicare beneficiariesDose-response relationshipAssociation of GuidelineShort life expectancyLonger life expectancyReperfusion therapyCoronary interventionD2B timeElderly patients
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