Epidemiology and Cost of Advanced Heart Failure

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Norton, Catherine ^a   Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki V ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas P ^a   Butler, Javed ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Incidence; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED HEART FAILURE; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052157875     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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