Quality of care for elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2242-2247

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,d   Wang, Yun ^b   Parent, Eugene M ^a   Mockalis, Joyce ^b   Petrillo, Marcia ^b   Radford, Martha J ^b,c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Connecticut Peer Review Organization ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; HYDRALAZINE; LISINOPRIL; NITRATE; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; WEIGHT;

EID: 0030868687     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.19.2242     Document Type: Article

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