Trends in hospitalization rates and outcomes of endocarditis among medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2217-2226

  Bikdeli, Behnood ^a   Wang, Yun ^a,b   Kim, Nancy ^a   Desai, Mayur M ^a,c   Quagliarello, Vincent ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

endocarditis; guidelines; hospitalizations; mortality; prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84889777774     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.071     Document Type: Article

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