Urban-Rural Differences in the Quality of Care for Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System

1986 • 12,607 citations

Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: An overview of the randomized trials

1985 • 3,248 citations

Randomised trial of intravenous streptokinase, oral aspirin, both, or neither among 17,187 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction: ISIS-2. ISIS-2 (Second International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group.

1988 • 2,740 citations

ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction

1996 • 1,888 citations

Cumulative Meta-Analysis of Therapeutic Trials for Myocardial Infarction

1992 • 1,132 citations

Effects of Race and Income on Mortality and Use of Services among Medicare Beneficiaries

1996 • 828 citations

Variations in the Use of Medical and Surgical Services by the Medicare Population

1986 • 659 citations

National Use and Effectiveness of β-Blockers for the Treatment of Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction

1998 • 511 citations

Hospital Characteristics and Quality of Care

1992 • 400 citations

Quality of Care for Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

1995 • 393 citations

The Association between Hospital Volume and Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients

1999 • 381 citations

Variation in Office-Based Quality

1995 • 351 citations

Geographic Variation in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction

1999 • 343 citations

Regional Variation across the United States in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction

1995 • 334 citations

ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction:Executive Summary

1996 • 281 citations

Do “America's Best Hospitals” Perform Better for Acute Myocardial Infarction?

1999 • 277 citations

Predicting hospital-associated mortality for Medicare patients. A method for patients with stroke, pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, and congestive heart failure

1988 • 273 citations

The health care quality improvement initiative. A new approach to quality assurance in Medicare

1992 • 257 citations

Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction

1995 • 223 citations

Aspirin in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries

1995 • 192 citations

Health services access and use among older adults in North Carolina: urban vs rural residents.

1995 • 139 citations

Rural Epidemiology: Insights from a Rural Population Laboratory

1998 • 100 citations

Underutilization of antithrombotic therapy in elderly rural patients with atrial fibrillation

1999 • 83 citations

Comprehensive Reliability Assessment and Comparison of Quality Indicators and Their Components

1997 • 63 citations

Outcome Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

1999 • 57 citations

Mammography screening among California Medicare beneficiaries: 1993–1994

1998 • 42 citations

A study of the "crossover population": aged persons entitled to both Medicare and Medicaid.

1983 • 24 citations

Medicare Beneficiaries Covered By Medicaid Buy-In Agreements

1997 • 22 citations

Defining and Achieving of Medical Care

1998 • 7 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations