Predictors of regional variations in hospitalizations following emergency department visits for atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1410-1416

  Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Self, Wesley H ^a   Jenkins, Cathy A ^b   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Heavrin, Benjamin S ^a   McNaughton, Candace D ^a   Collins, Sean P ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885950172     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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