Analysis of 27,248 hospital discharges for heart failure: A study of an administrative database 1998-2002

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 281-287

  De San Roman y de Teran, C M ^a   Guijarro Merino, R ^b   Guil Garcia M ^a   Villar Jimenez J ^b   Martin Perez M ^a   Gomez Huelgas R ^b  

^a Especialidad en Oftalmología Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía Vélez Málaga Málaga   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Hospital discharges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 46349089836     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: 15781860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13123187     Document Type: Article

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