Background Efforts to mitigate unwarranted variation in the quality of care require insight into
the 'level'(eg, patient, physician, ward, hospital) at which observed variation exists. This …

Objectives To compare treatment and outcomes for patients admitted to hospital with a
primary diagnosis of ST elevation or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI or …

Objective This study explores variations in outcomes of care for two types of patient
personas—an older frail person recovering from a hip fracture and a multimorbid older …

Objective To conduct a randomized double‐blind prospective study to investigate effect of
different doses of atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin on elderly patients with ST …

Background Hospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI, ICD-10: I21–I22) is
used as OECD indicator of the quality of acute care. The reported AMI hospital mortality in …

Since the early 2000's, the Atlas of Variations in Medical Practice in the Spanish National
Health System (namely, Atlas VPM) has been analysing and informing unwarranted …

Introducción: la cardiopatía isquémica está considerada una de las enfermedades crónicas
y principales causas de morbimortalidad en el mundo occidental. Objetivo: correlacionar las …

Variation in healthcare utilization has been discussed extensively, with many studies
showing that variation exists, but fewer studies investigating the underlying factors. In our …

Background: The prevalence of ischemic heart disease is increasing in Sub Saharan Africa
countries, but adequate data are lacking regarding the in hospital mortality and associated …

This research assesses the impact of the degree of publicness on hospital performance in a
specific'mixed market'of public health. This market is characterized by patient choice …