Recent changes in heart failure hospitalisations in Australia

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-233

  Najafi, Farid ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case fatality; Heart failure; Hospital separations; Length of stay; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33847299483     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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