The relationship between hospital length of stay and rate of death in heart failure

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Philbin, Edward F ^a,b,e   Rogers, Vicki A ^c   Sheesley, Karen A ^a   Lynch, Laura J ^d   Andreou, Costa ^a   Rocco Jr , Thomas A ^c  

^a BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Park Ridge Health System   (United States)

^d VHA Upstate New York Incorporated   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030908714     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(97)90054-6     Document Type: Article

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