Quality of care for medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure in rural Georgia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 782-789

  Baker, David W ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Dawn ^a   Moore, Cheryl Lanier ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 2500 MetroHealth Dr ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032839768     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199908000-00007     Document Type: Article

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