• The use of administrative data makes it difficult to determine whether the differences are
clinically meaningful.• Although hospital and physician characteristics explain some of the …

Background: There is a wide practice gap between optimal and actual care for patients with
acute myocardial infarction in hospitals around the world. We undertook this initiative to …

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Context.—Medicare has a legislative mandate for quality assurance, but the effectiveness of
its population-based quality improvement programs has been difficult to establish. Objective …

Challenges and Opportunities in Quantifying the Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Many interventions employed in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes
(ACS) have been proved to be beneficial through welldesigned clinical trials. Practice …

Background National efforts have focused attention on quality of care, but relatively little is
known about whether, and to what extent, improvement has occurred during this recent …

Objective.—To develop and test indicators of the quality of care for patients with acute
myocardial infarction (AMI). Design.—Retrospective medical record review. Setting.—All …

Objectives: This project evaluated if by focusing on process changes and tool use rather
than key indicator rates, the use of evidence-based therapies in patients with acute …

ContextQuality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has received
intense attention. However, it is unknown if a structured initiative for improving care of …