Is rehospitalization after heart failure admission a marker of poor quality? Time for re-evaluation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-371

  O'Connor, Christopher M ^a   Fiuzat, Mona ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; outcomes assessment; quality of care

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77955298335     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.054     Document Type: Editorial

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