Cardiology or primary care for heart failure in the community setting: Process of care and clinical outcomes

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Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 346-354

  Philbin, Edward F ^a   Weil, Henry F C ^b   Erb, Tara A ^c   Jenkins, Paul L ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiologists; Congestive heart failure; Death; Health services research; Length of stay; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032774340     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.346     Document Type: Article

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