Quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: Assessing the impact of hospitalists

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1251-1256

  Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,c   Chehabeddine, Rona ^b   Pekow, Penelope ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Janice ^a   Benjamin, Evan M ^c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037054036     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.11.1251     Document Type: Article

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