Outcome of patients with cardiac diseases admitted to coronary care units a report from Lazio, Italy

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Saitto, Carlo ^a   Ancona, Carla ^a   Fusco, Danilo ^a   Arcà, Massimo ^a   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary care; Health services utilization; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1442328417     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000109456.26657.3a     Document Type: Article

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