The health services burden of heart failure: An analysis using linked population health data-sets

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Robertson, Jane ^a,b   McElduff, Patrick ^b   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^c   Henry, David A ^a,d   Inder, Kerry J ^a   Attia, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Health services research; Heart failure; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT READMISSION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84862215590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-103     Document Type: Article

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