Trends in utilization of specialty care centers in California for adults with congenital heart disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1298-1304

  Fernandes, Susan M ^a   Chamberlain, Lisa J ^a   Grady, Stafford ^a   Saynina, Olga ^a   Opotowsky, Alexander R ^b   Sanders, Lee ^a   Wise, Paul H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; UNITED STATES; AGE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927577756     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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