Recent government programs to incentivize better heart attack care have focused on capping the total payment a hospital or health system can get for the first 30 days of post-heart attack care, and publicly reporting how hospitals stack up against others in heart attack deaths. (sciencedaily.com)
With colleagues, I have calculated that this has prevented approximately 9000 stroke and heart attack deaths per year. (newscientist.com)
Heart attack deaths spike during the period between Christmas and New Year's — and not because of cold and flu season. (health.com)