The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 398-402.e6 , May 2007

Performance Measures Have a Major Effect on Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Review

  • Rajendra H. Mehta, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • The Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Rajendra H. Mehta, MD, Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2400 Pratt Street, Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715.
    • ,
  • Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Duke Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Robert M. Califf, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC
    • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Duke Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Durham, NC
    • Duke Translational Medicine Institute, Durham, NC.

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 Source of funding: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina. Supported in part by the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics Grant HS010548 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland.

PII: S0002-9343(07)00161-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.12.018

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 398-402.e6 , May 2007

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