The heart failure pandemic: Changing patterns, costs, and treatment strategies

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 351-358

  Starling, Randall C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0031904026     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.65.7.351     Document Type: Review

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