Do inter-hospital comparisons of in-hospital, acute myocardial infarction case-fatality rates serve the purpose of fostering quality improvement? An evaluative study

BACKGROUND: In-hospital case-fatality rates in patients, admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI-CFRs), are internationally used as a quality indicator. Attempting to encourage the hospitals to assume responsibility, the Belgian Ministry of Health decided to stimulate initiatives of quality im...

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Autores principales: Aelvoet, Willem, Terryn, Nathalie, Molenberghs, Geert, De Backer, Guy, Vrints, Christiaan, van Sprundel, Marc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-334

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-334

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