Adjustment for Atherosclerosis Diagnosis Distorts the Effects of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the Ranking of Hospital Performance

BACKGROUND: Coronary atherosclerosis raises the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and is usually included in AMI risk‐adjustment models. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not cause atherosclerosis, but may contribute to the notation of atherosclerosis in administrative claims. W...

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Autores principales: Niknam, Bijan A., Arriaga, Alexander F., Rosenbaum, Paul R., Hill, Alexander S., Ross, Richard N., Even‐Shoshan, Orit, Romano, Patrick S., Silber, Jeffrey H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008366

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008366

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