[The ambulatory care of the acute myocardial infarction in Quebec: description, classification and typology]
L Gentil1, A Vanasse, M Xhignesse
1Département de santé communautaire, centre de recherche Étienne-Lebel, université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. lia.gentil@usherbrooke.ca
Objective:
Description of ambulatory care of AMI, in Quebec population.
Design:
A retrospective cohort study was designed to classify and propose a typology of ambulatory care.
Methods:
The studied population was included in all 25 years and older inpatients residing in Quebec, whose admission were from January to December 2000. The principal variables were: the number of medical visits, the type of consulted physicians and the place of consultation. The secondary variables were: age, sex and the presence of a revascularization.
Results:
A typology of ambulatory care was created from principal variables. Men, younger patients and receiving a revascularization in the index hospitalization were cared for by a specialist.
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