Quality of care for heart failure patients hospitalized for any cause

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-130

  Blecker, Saul ^a   Agarwal, Sunil K ^b,c   Chang, Patricia P ^d   Rosamond, Wayne D ^e   Casey, Donald E ^a   Kucharska Newton, Anna ^e   Radford, Martha J ^a   Coresh, Josef ^b,c   Katz, Stuart ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; hospitalization; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

ACCF/AHA/AMA-PCPI; ACE; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION-PHYSICIAN CONSORTIUM FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR BLOCKER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME; ARB; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CI; CMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPD; EGFR; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LV; ODDS RATIO; OR; QUALITY OF CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892403594     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1628     Document Type: Article

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