Assessing hospital quality

By Paul O'Keefe

Subjects: Myocardial infarction, Patients, Quality control, Evaluation, Hospital care

Description: This study attempted to deal with the problem of measuring outcomes among providers given differences in patient casemix. It used acute myocardial infarcts and identified a wide range of attributes of structure and process associated with AMI outcomes. It explored the interrelationships between structure of care and process of care, controlling for AMI patient demographic and clinical risk factors.