Is specialty care associated with improved survival of patients with congestive heart failure?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 300-309

  Indridason, Olafur S ^a   Coffman, Cynthia J ^b   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037323560     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.54     Document Type: Article

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