Trends in quality of care among patients with incident heart failure in Denmark 2003-2010: A nationwide cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nakano, Anne ^a,b   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^a   Frederiksen, Birgitte Lidegaard ^c,d   Svendsen, Marie Louise ^a   Agger, Carsten ^d   Schjødt, Inge ^a   Egstrup, Kenneth ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Clinical Registers   (Denmark)

^c Danish Health and Medicines Authority   (Denmark)

^d Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality indicators; Registries; Treatment and care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84884941317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-391     Document Type: Article

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