Resource use in the last 6 months of life among patients with heart failure in Canada

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 211-217

  Kaul, Padma ^a   McAlister, Finlay A ^a   Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a   Bakal, Jeffrey A ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^d,e   Quan, Hude ^b   Knudtson, Merril L ^c   Armstrong, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951542139     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.365     Document Type: Article

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