ContextThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) measure and report quality process …

BACKGROUND: Differences in therapy and outcome among hospitals have been reported,
but these studies have seldom used adjustment for differences in patient characteristics. The …

Background: While age-related differences in patterns of care for acute myocardial infarction
have been demonstrated, temporal trends in clinical outcome for patients in different age …

Background A commonly voiced concern is that health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
may withhold or delay the provision of urgent, essential care, especially for vulnerable …

Background There are urban-rural differences in health care utilization in Kansas. This study
was conducted to determine if similar differences exist in the quality of inpatient care …

Background Although the Medicare entitlement provides universal hospital care coverage
for elderly Americans, disparities in care processes after acute myocardial infarction still …

Background Thirty-day risk-standardized mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction are
commonly used to evaluate and compare hospital performance. However, it is not known …

Few studies have evaluated between-country differences in medical care and survival after
acute myocardial infarction, and none have compared the US with countries from Eastern …

BACKGROUND: Trends in the use of guideline-based treatment for acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) as well as its association with patient outcomes have not been summarized …

Background—Outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and congestive
heart failure (CHF) at specialty cardiac hospitals are uncertain. Methods and Results—From …