Associations between hemoglobin level, resource use, and medical costs in patients with heart failure: Findings from HF-ACTION

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 784-791

  Reed, Shelby D ^a,b   Li, Yanhong ^a   Ellis, Stephen J ^a   Isitt, John J ^c   Cheng, Sunfa ^c   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b   Whellan, David J ^d  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; health care costs; heart failure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867187734     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2012.08.359     Document Type: Article

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