Gender Differences in 1-Year Survival and Quality of Life among Patients Admitted with Congestive Heart Failure

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1033-1046

  Chin, Marshall H ^a   Goldman, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Death; Gender; Outcomes; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032111063     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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