Racial variations in quality of care and outcomes in an ambulatory heart failure cohort

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 348-354

  Deswal, Anita ^a   Petersen, Nancy J ^a   Urbauer, Diana L ^a   Wright, Steven M ^b   Beyth, Rebecca ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33746373114     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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