Influence of Hospital Length of Stay for Heart Failure on Quality of Care

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1693-1697

  Krantz, Mori J ^a,b   Tanner, Justin ^c   Horwich, Tamara B ^d   Yancy, Clyde ^e   Albert, Nancy M ^f   Hernandez, Adrian F ^g   Dai, David ^g   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Colorado Prevention Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649096786     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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