The effect of age upon care and outcomes in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-267

  Cujec, Bibiana ^a   Quan, Hude ^b   Jin, Yan ^c   Johnson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Information Analysis   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Congestive heart failure; Health service utilization; Seniors

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7644236685     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2004.0030     Document Type: Article

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