1. Risk factor management after myocardial infarction: Reported adherence and outcomes
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Decker, Carole, Ahmad, Homaa, Moreng, Kate Louise, Maddox, Thomas M., Reid, Kimberly J., Jones, Philip G., and Spertus, John A.
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Heart attack -- Risk factors ,Medical care -- Quality management ,Cardiology ,Cardiac patients ,Health - Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.11.022 Byline: Carole Decker (a)(b), Homaa Ahmad (c), Kate Louise Moreng (b), Thomas M. Maddox (d), Kimberly J. Reid (a), Philip G. Jones (a), John A. Spertus (a)(b) Abstract: Providing patients with documented discharge instructions is a performance measure of health care quality. It is not well known how often cardiac patients comply with the list of instructions or what their association is with health status outcomes after an acute myocardial infarction. Author Affiliation: (a) Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO (b) University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (c) Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL (d) Denver VAMC/University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO Article History: Received 18 August 2008; Accepted 26 November 2008
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- 2009