A retrospective, observational cohort analysis of a nationwide database to compare heart failure prescriptions and related health care utilization before and after publication of updated treatment guidelines in the United States

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1642-1650

  Shafazand, Shirin ^a,b   Yang, Yadong ^b   Amore, Elizabeth ^b   O'Neal, Welton ^c   Brixner, Diana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Nitromed Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Heart failure; Morbidity; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958172742     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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