Treatment of patients admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure: Specialty-related disparities in practice patterns and outcomes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 733-738

  Reis, Steven E ^a   Holubkov, Richard ^b   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^a   McNamara, Dennis M ^a   Zell, Kathleen A ^a   Detre, Katherine M ^b   Feldman, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030981732     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00214-3     Document Type: Review

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