Physician volume, specialty, and outcomes of care for patients with heart failure

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 890-897

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b,c   Orav, E John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Heart failure; Patient readmission; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887444289     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.000064     Document Type: Article

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