title: [The ambulatory care of the acute myocardial infarction in Quebec: description, classification and typology].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Description of ambulatory care of AMI, in Quebec population.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective cohort study was designed to classify and propose a typology of ambulatory care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The studied population was included in all 25 years and older inpatients residing in Quebec, whose admission were from January to December 2000. The principal variables were: the number of medical visits, the type of consulted physicians and the place of consultation. The secondary variables were: age, sex and the presence of a revascularization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A typology of ambulatory care was created from principal variables. Men, younger patients and receiving a revascularization in the index hospitalization were cared for by a specialist.
authors.affiliation: Département de santé communautaire, centre de recherche Étienne-Lebel, université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. lia.gentil@usherbrooke.ca
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gentil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanasse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xhignesse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Courteau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bérubé
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000379:methods*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011792:Quebec; D012189:Retrospective Studies