There must be a better way: Piloting alternate routes around heart failure hospitalizations

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-130

  Desai, Akshay S ^a   Stevenson, Lynne W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; heart failure; hospitalization; observation unit

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84871876791     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.015     Document Type: Review

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