Why the study?
Are Medicare beneficiaries admitted for AMI at nonrevascularization hospitals transferred to nearby hospitals with the lowest 30-day risk-standardized mortality?
Are Medicare beneficiaries admitted for AMI at nonrevascularization hospitals transferred to nearby hospitals with the lowest 30-day risk-standardized mortality?
Many AMI patients transferred from nonrevascularization centers are not sent to the highest-quality nearby revascularization hospitals, highlighting an opportunity to improve systems of care.
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Transfers often bypass lowest-mortality hospitals; leaves open whether targeted routing improves AMI survival.
Iwashyna et al. (2010) studied this question.
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