Regional outcomes of heart failure in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 599-607

  Lee, Douglas S ^a,b   Johansen, Helen ^c   Gong, Yanyan ^a   Hall, Ruth E ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b,d   Cox, Jafna L ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services research; Heart failure; Hospital mortality; Hospitalization; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGIONALIZATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 2942724247     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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