Correlates of early hospital readmission or death in patients with congestive heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1640-1644

  Chin, Marshall H ^a,b   Goldman, Lee ^a,b  

^a Section for Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030818677     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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