Provider and hospital characteristics associated with geographic variation in the evaluation and management of elderly patients with heart failure

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1186-1191

  Havranek, Edward P ^a,b,c   Wolfe, Pam ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b,c   Rathore, Saif S ^a,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,d   Ordin, Diana L ^a,e,f  

^a Colorado Foundation for Medical Care ^*  (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^f Quality Partners Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MEDICARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BAYES THEOREM; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3042648819     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.11.1186     Document Type: Article

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