Journal article
Regional Differences in Process of Care and Outcomes for Older Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous comparisons of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treatment between the United States and Canada are limited because they compared selected patients from randomized trials, used administrative data that lacked clinical detail, or did not consider regional differences in AMI treatment.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We compared medication use, invasive cardiac procedure use, and 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates of 38,886 …
Authors
Ko DT; Krumholz HM; Wang Y; Foody JM; Masoudi FA; Havranek EP; You JJ; Alter DA; Stukel TA; Newman AM
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 196–203
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 16, 2007
DOI
10.1161/circulationaha.106.657601
ISSN
0009-7322