Hospice use among patients with heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-125

  Bain, Kevin T ^a   Maxwell, Terri L ^a   Strassels, Scott A ^b   Whellan, David J ^c,d  

^a excelleRx Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 67449093597     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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