The need for multiple measures of hospital quality: Results from the get with the guidelines-heart failure registry of the american heart association

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 712-719

  Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Liang, Li ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^e   Yancy, Clyde ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

heart failure; outcomes; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80051782693     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.026088     Document Type: Article

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