Relation of race and sex to the use of reperfusion therapy in Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction

Article Abstract:

Blacks are less likely than whites to receive reperfusion therapy when they have a heart attack. Heart attacks are caused by a lack of blood flow in the heart and reperfusion therapy is any treatment that restores blood flow. Researchers analyzed the medical records of 26,575 Medicare patients who were eligible to receive reperfusion therapy after a heart attack. After adjusting for severity of disease and other factors, black men and women were less likely to receive reperfusion therapy than white men and women.

Analysis, Reports, Demographic aspects, Myocardial revascularization, Health, Health and race, Ethnic groups, Discrimination in medical care, Medical care discrimination

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Relationship of Hospital Teaching Status With Quality of Care and Mortality for Medicare Patients With Acute MI

Article Abstract:

Elderly heart attack patients who are admitted to a major teaching hospital will receive better care and therefore have lower mortality rates than those admitted to a non-teaching hospital. This was the conclusion of a study of 114,411 Medicare patients admitted to 4,361 hospitals. Teaching hospitals are associated with a medical school.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Cardiac patients, Hospitals, Teaching, Teaching hospitals

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Improving Quality Improvement Using Achievable Benchmarks For Physician Feedback: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Article Abstract:

Giving doctors an achievable benchmark in addition to performance feedback may increase their compliance with practice guidelines, according to a study of 70 primary care physicians and their 2,978 Medicare patients. Benchmarking calculates the performance of all members of a group and sets a realistic standard of excellence attained by the top performers in the group.

Research, Education, Physicians, Medical professions, Total quality management, Benchmarks, Benchmarking

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