Incremental value of clinical data beyond claims data in predicting 30-day outcomes after heart failure hospitalization

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Heidenreich, Paul A ^d   Yancy, Clyde W ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Heart failure; Medicare; Mortality; Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952783450     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.954693     Document Type: Article

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