Measuring Quality by Achievable Benchmarks of Care (ABC)

Kiefe, Catarina I.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Type: Research Demonstration--Cooperative Agreements (U18)
• Project #: 1U18HS009446-01
• Application #: 2032247
• Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel (ZHS1-HSRD-A (04))
• Project Start: 1996-09-30
• Project End: 2001-09-29
• Budget Start: 1996-09-30
• Budget End: 1997-09-29
• Support Year: 1
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of Alabama Birmingham
• Department: Internal Medicine/Medicine
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 004514360
• City: Birmingham
• State: AL
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 35294

Publications

Westfall, John M; Kiefe, Catarina I; Weissman, Norman W et al. (2008) Does interhospital transfer improve outcome of acute myocardial infarction? A propensity score analysis from the Cardiovascular Cooperative Project. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 8:22

Kiefe, C I; Williams, O D; Lewis, C E et al. (2001) Ten-year changes in smoking among young adults: are racial differences explained by socioeconomic factors in the CARDIA study? Am J Public Health 91:213-8

Allison, J J; Kiefe, C I; Weissman, N W et al. (2000) Relationship of hospital teaching status with quality of care and mortality for Medicare patients with acute MI. JAMA 284:1256-62

Canto, J G; Allison, J J; Kiefe, C I et al. (2000) Relation of race and sex to the use of reperfusion therapy in Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 342:1094-100