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Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Rural and Urban Hospitals: Rethinking Measures of Quality of Care

Description
Compares outcomes for patients treated at rural and urban Iowa hospitals after experiencing a heart attack, using an alternate approach to measuring quality of care.
Author(s)
Paul A. James, Pengxiang Li, Marcia M. Ward
Citation
Annals of Family Medicine, 5(2), 105-111
Date
04/2007
Tagged as
Cardiovascular disease · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Iowa