National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure

Susannah M. Bernheim, Jacqueline N. Grady, Zhenqiu Lin, Yun Wang, Yongfei Wang, Shantal V. Savage, Kanchana Bhat, Joseph S. Ross, Mayur M. Desai, Angela Merrill,

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2010 · 18 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This article provides a national perspective on hospital performance for 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates and risk-standardized readmission rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure.