Geographic variations in heart failure hospitalizations among medicare beneficiaries in the Tennessee catchment area

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-77

  Ogunniyi, Modele O ^a,b   Holt, James B ^b   Croft, Janet B ^b   Nwaise, Isaac A ^b   Okafor, Henry E ^c   Sawyer, Douglas B ^d   Giles, Wayne H ^b   Mensah, George A ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PEPSICO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geographic differences; Heart failure; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 84855262438     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318223bbd4     Document Type: Article

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