Life Expectancy after Myocardial Infarction, According to Hospital Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thirty-day risk-standardized mortality rates after acute myocardial infarction are commonly used to evaluate and compare hospital performance. However, it is not known whether differences among hospitals in the early survival of patients with acute myocardial infarction are associated with differences in long-term survival.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project, a study of Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction between 1994 and 1996 and who had 17 years of follow-up. We grouped hospitals into five strata that were based on case-mix severity. Within each case-mix stratum, we compared life expectancy among patients admitted to high-performing hospitals with life expectancy among patients admitted t

SUBMITTER: Bucholz EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5118048 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature