Improving the Quality of Care for Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Authors

Thomas A. Marciniak · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Edward F. Ellerbeck

Abstract

The quality of care for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction has improved in the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project pilot states. Performance on the defined quality indicators appeared to be better in the pilot states than in the rest of the nation in 1995 and was associated with reduced mortality.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Heart Failure Treatment and Management Healthcare Policy and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 279, Issue 17, pp. 1351-1351

DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.17.1351

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