Admission characteristics predicting longer length of stay among elderly patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-202

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Chivite, David ^a   Manito, Nicolas ^a   Mestre, Antoni Riera ^a   Llopis, Ferran ^a   Pujol, Ramon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart failure; Hospital admission; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 41349085162     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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