Age-Related Differences in Hospital Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Dharmarajan and colleagues found differences in hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction for patients aged 65 years or older compared with those for younger patients. The editorialist discusses why hospital quality might vary by age and why a single metric calculated by a complex formula that weights performance in different domains is not what patients need to guide decisions.

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