Multilevel analysis of regional disparities in survival after heart failure: Differences between county health services has little bearing on prognosis;Multinivåanalys av regionala skillnader i överlevnad efter hjärtsvikt: Landstingens egenskaper har föga inflytande på patientens prognos

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Volumn 98, Issue 44, 2001, Pages 4841-4844

  Merlo, Juan ^a,c   Broms, Kristian ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a   Hagberg, Oskar ^b   Norlund, Anders ^c   Lithman, Thor ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Statens Beredning för Medicinsk Utvärdering ^*  (Sweden)

^d Epidemiology Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035980778     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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