Hospitalization for congestive heart failure: Is it still a cardiology business?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-104

  Grigioni, Francesco ^a   Carinci, Valeria ^a   Favero, Luca ^a   Bacchi Reggiani, Letizia ^a   Magnani, Gaia ^a   Potena, Luciano ^a   Barbieri, Alessandra ^a   Magelli, Carlo ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a   Magnani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Epidemiology; Hospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036157301     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00204-5     Document Type: Article

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