Heart failure disease management program experience in 4,545 heart failure admissions to a community hospital

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-466

  Pazin Filho, Antonio ^a   Peitz, Pamela ^b   Pianta, Thomas ^b   Carson, Kathryn A ^d   Russell, Stuart D ^c   Boulware, Leigh Ebony ^d   Coresh, Josef ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Washington County Hospital   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 68849096483     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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