A reevaluation of the costs of heart failure and its implications for allocation of health resources in the united states

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 312-321

  Voigt, Jeff ^a   Sasha John, M ^b   Taylor, Andrew ^b   Krucoff, Mitchell ^c   Reynolds, Matthew R ^d   Michael Gibson, C ^d  

^a Medical Device Consultants of Ridgewood   (United States)

^b Angel Medical Systems   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900800135     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22260     Document Type: Article

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