Difference in resource utilization between patients with acute and chronic heart failure from Japanese administrative database

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-259

  Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^a   Matsuda, Shinya ^b   Anan, Makoto ^c   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Ishikawa, Koichi B ^e   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^f   Hayashida, Kenshi ^g   Fujimori, Kenji ^h  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case mix; Heart failure; Outcome; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BISOPROLOL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; ISOSORBIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 77952741722     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.197     Document Type: Article

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