Association between process quality measures for heart failure and mortality among US veterans

American Heart Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 713-720.e3

  Wu, Wen Chih ^a,b,d,e   Jiang, Lan ^a   Friedmann, Peter D ^a,b,c   Trivedi, Amal ^a,c,d  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Medical Service Providence Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION VACCINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; DIAGNOSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VETERANS;

EID: 84908325704     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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