Associations among processes and outcomes of care for Medicare nursing home residents with acute heart failure

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-199

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a   Frederickson, Elizabeth ^a   Ecord, Mary ^a   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Long term care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

DIGITOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0041903736     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70345-X     Document Type: Article

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