Geographic Variation in Process and Outcomes of Care for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in China From 2001 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Variations across regions for managing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in China are little understood.

Objective

To evaluate geographic variation and its change with time in treatment process and outcomes for patients with AMI.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events-Retrospective AMI project in 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2015 in 153 randomly selected hospitals across China. Patients were hospitalized for AMI. Data were analyzed from October 1 to October 31, 2019.

Exposures

Hospitalization in 3 geographic regions (Eastern, Central, and Western) stratified according to China's official definition.

Main outcomes and measures

Process of care measures inc

SUBMITTER: Zhong Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature