The potential costs of upcoding for heart failure in the United States

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-109

  Psaty, Bruce M ^d   Boineau, Robin ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^b   Luepker, Russell V ^c  

^a Div Epidemiol Clin Applic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033053773     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00205-2     Document Type: Article

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