Baseline characteristics, quality of care, and outcomes of younger and older Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure: Findings from the Alabama Heart Failure Project

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Feller, Margaret A ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ekundayo, O James ^b,c   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Allman, Richard M ^a,d   Ahmed, Ali ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Heart failure; Medicare; Outcomes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870240531     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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