Association between performance measures and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-70

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Abraham, William T ^b   Albert, Nancy M ^c   Stough, Wendy Gattis ^d,f   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^g   Greenberg, Barry H ^h   O'Connor, Christopher M ^d,e   Pieper, Karen ^e   Jie, Lena Sun ^e   Yancy, Clyde ⁱ   Young, James B ^c  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Campbell University   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFORMANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846026341     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.1.61     Document Type: Article

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