Variations in and correlates of length of stay in academic hospitals among patients with heart failure resulting from systolic dysfunction

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 715-723

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b   Chen, Ya Ting ^b   Bradford, W David ^a,d   Cerese, Julie ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; BENCHMARKING; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032985939     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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