title: Is cardiac care better at specialty hospitals?
abstract: Patient mortality rates and lengths of stay were comparable for specialty and general hospitals that perform similar volumes of the procedures. Findings were similar when comparing high-volume general hospitals and high-volume specialty hospitals. Other measures of quality (i.e., use of aspirin, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors) may be more significant.
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States