Payment source, quality of care, and outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1465-1471

  Kapoor, John R ^a   Kapoor, Roger ^b   Hellkamp, Anne S ^c   Hernandez, Adrian F ^c   Heidenreich, Paul A ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

outcomes; payment source; quality

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052975898     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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