Impact of anemia on hospitalization time, charges, and mortality in patients with heart failure

Value in Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-471

  Nordyke, Robert J ^a,b,d   Kim, John J ^c   Goldberg, George A ^b   Vendiola, Ruby ^b   Batra, Deepika ^b   McCamish, Mark ^c   Thomasson, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Constella Health Strategies ^*  (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Heart failure; Hemoglobin; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3843150328     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2004.74009.x     Document Type: Article

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