Influence of race and gender on care process, resource use, and hospital-based outcomes in congestive heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-81

  Philbin, Edward F ^a   DiSalvo, Thomas G ^b  

^a Cardiovasc Med Div Henry Ford H   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032127776     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00233-1     Document Type: Article

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