Socioeconomic status as an independent risk factor for hospital readmission for heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1367-1371

  Philbin, Edward F ^a   Dec, G William ^b   Jenkins, Paul L ^c   DiSalvo, Thomas G ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035876886     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01554-5     Document Type: Article

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