Is cardiac care better at specialty hospitals?
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.
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