Performance matters in heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-132

  Bonow, Robert O ^a   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; hospitalization; quality of care

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGING; DRUG USE; DYING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; QUALITY OF CARE;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

EID: 84892417395     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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