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Article: Hospital Care for Heart Attack, Heart Failure Patients Varies Across Nation
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 9, 2009
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DALLAS, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 30-day mortality
(death) and readmission rates for acute care of heart attack and
heart failure patients vary significantly from hospital to hospital
across the nation, according to a new study published in
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Researchers analyzed findings from the ...