Hospitalization rates and length of stay for cardiovascular conditions in Canada, 1994 to 1999

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1123-1131

  Hall, Ruth E ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c,d  

^a Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Episodes of care; Health services; Hospitalization rates; Length of stay; Small area variation; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0142056813     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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