Hospitalization of patients with heart failure: National hospital discharge survey, 1985 to 1995

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 352-360

  Haldeman, Gail A ^a,b,c   Croft, Janet B ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Rashidee, Ali ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Louisiana Health Care Review Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032909341     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hj.1999.v137.95495     Document Type: Article

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