Care and outcomes of patients newly hospitalized for heart failure in the community treated by cardiologists compared with other specialists

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-191

  Jong, Philip ^a,b   Gong, Yanyan ^b   Liu, Peter P ^a   Austin, Peter C ^a,b   Lee, Douglas S ^b   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Morbidity; Mortality; Population; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0038824586     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000080290.39027.48     Document Type: Article

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