The three-phase terrain of heart failure readmissions

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-400

  Desai, Akshay S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COST CONTROL; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84864574516     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.968735     Document Type: Editorial

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