Does hospital process performance improve outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes?
Adherence to broad, guideline-based performance metrics is significantly associated with outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients, supporting their use for quality improvement.
A significant association between care process and outcomes was found, supporting the use of broad, guideline-based performance metrics as a means of assessing and helping improve hospital quality.
Peterson et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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