Clinical correlates of in-hospital costs for acute myocardial infarction in patients 65 years of age and older

American Heart Journal

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 523-531

  Krumholz, H M ^a   Chen, J ^a   Murillo, J E ^a   Cohen, D J ^a   Radford, M J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031941628     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(98)70331-X     Document Type: Article

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