The economic burden of heart failure

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  O'Connell, J B ^a,b  

^a DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging population; Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Beta blockers; Economic burden; Heart failure; Hospitalization costs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0033994772     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960231503     Document Type: Article

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