Outcome of Acute Myocardial Infarction According to the Specialty of the Admitting Physician

Abstract

Health care strategies that shift the care of elderly patients with myocardial infarction from cardiologists to primary care physicians lower rates of use of resources (and potentially lower costs), but they may also cause decreased survival. Additional information is needed to elucidate how primary care physicians and specialists should interact in the care of severely ill patients.