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Financial impact of reducing door-to-balloon time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a single hospital experience

BACKGROUND: The impact of reducing door-to-balloon time on hospital revenues, costs, and net income is unknown. METHODS: We prospectively determined the impact on hospital finances of (1) emergency department physician activation of the catheterization lab and (2) immediate transfer of the patient t...

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Autores principales: Khot, Umesh N, Johnson-Wood, Michele L, Geddes, Jason B, Ramsey, Curtis, Khot, Monica B, Taillon, Heather, Todd, Randall, Shaikh, Saeed R, Berg, William J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19631001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-9-32