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Multicenter Study
. 2010 Aug;96(16):1264-7.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2009.192328.

The Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)

Emily Herrett  1 , Liam Smeeth, Lynne Walker, Clive Weston; MINAP Academic Group
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Free PMC article
Multicenter Study

The Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP)

Emily Herrett et al. Heart. 2010 Aug.
Free PMC article

Abstract

AIMS OF MINAP: To audit the quality of care of patients with acute coronary syndrome and provide a resource for academic research.

Quality of care interventions: Feedback to hospitals, ambulance services and cardiac networks regarding benchmarking of performance against national standards and targets.

Setting: All 230 acute hospitals in England and Wales. Years: 2000-present.

Population: Consecutive patients, unconsented. Current number of records: 735 000.

Startpoints: Any acute coronary syndrome, including non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, ST-elevation myocardial infarction and unstable angina.

Baseline data: 123 fields covering demographic factors, co-morbid conditions and treatment in hospital. No blood resource.

Data capture: Manual entry by clerks, nurses or doctors onto Lotus Notes; non-financial incentives at hospital level.

Data quality: Hospitals perform an annual data validation study, where data are re-entered from the case notes in 20 randomly selected records that are held on the server. In 2008 data were >90% complete for 20 key fields, with >80% completeness for all but four of the remaining fields.

Endpoints and linkages to other data: All-cause mortality is obtained through linkage with Office for National Statistics. No other linkages exist at present.

Access to data: Available for research and audit by application to the MINAP Academic Group. http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/CLINICAL-STANDARDS/ORGANISATION/PARTNERSHIP/Pages/MINAP-.aspx.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None.

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Figure 1
Map to show location of 366 487 STEMIs and non-STEMIs recorded in MINAP, 2003–2006. Source: 1991 Census: Digitised Boundary Data (England and Wales).
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    1. The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership HQIP National Clinical Audit. http://www.hqip.org.uk/ (accessed 30 September 2009).

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