SOURCE: JAMA. 2012;308[14]:1460-1468
Lower Number of Angioplasties Performed in States Publicly Reporting Outcomes of These Procedures
The JAMA Report
Patients treated for acute heart attack may undergo an angioplasty procedure and receive a coronary artery stent. Currently, some U.S. states are mandated to publicly report the outcome of those procedures. A new study examined if patients in states with mandatory outcome reporting were less likely to receive these procedures than patients in states who do not have mandatory reporting of these outcomes. Catherine Dolf explains in this week’s JAMA Report.
