Health care and medication costs and use among older adults with heart failure

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 443-450

  Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,b   Teal, Evgenia Y ^c   Weiner, Michael ^c,d   Gradus Pizlo, Irmina ^d,e   Brater, D Craig ^d   Murray, Michael D ^c,f  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSURANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DIURETICS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 1642317726     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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