Comment on

• Association between hospital process performance and outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes.

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• Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality.

  Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Bradley EH, et al. JAMA. 2006 Jul 5;296(1):72-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.1.72. JAMA. 2006. PMID: 16820549