Effect of short call admission on length of stay and quality of care for acute decompensated heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2637-2644

  Schuberth, Jennifer L ^a,b,c,d,f   Elasy, Tom A ^b,c,d,f   Butler, Javed ^a   Greevy, Robert ^c,d,e,f   Speroff, Theodore ^b,c,d   Dittus, Robert S ^b,c   Roumie, Christianne L ^c,d,e,f  

^a From the St Thomas Medical Group   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center   (United States)

^d HSR and D Targeted Research Enhancement Program Center for Patient Healthcare Behavior   (United States)

^e Clinical Research Training Center of Excellence   (United States)

^f Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Education; Graduate; Healthcare quality; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIURESIS; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIURESIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47649091737     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.740357     Document Type: Article

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