Death rate decreases following hospitalization for heart attack

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 16:42 in Health & Medicine

From 1995 to 2006, hospital 30-day death rates decreased significantly for Medicare patients hospitalized for a heart attack, as did the variation in the rate between hospitals, according to a study in the August 19 issue of JAMA.

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