Heart failure epidemiology in Apulia, Italy, from 2001 to 2006;Epidemiologia dello scompenso cardiaco nella regione Puglia tra il 2001 e il 2006

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Caldarola, Pasquale ^a   Cuonzo, Maria ^a   Troso, Francesco ^a   Mazzone, Arianna ^b   Doronzo, Franco ^b  

^a Ospedale M Sarcone   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Epidemiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SHOCK; TREND STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 63349103329     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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