Use and predictors of heart failure disease management referral in patients hospitalized with heart failure: Insights from the get with the guidelines program

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-439

  Gharacholou, S Michael ^a   Hellkamp, Anne S ^b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Bhatt, Deepak L ^c   Yancy, Clyde W ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e,f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure disease management; predictors; referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79955573445     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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