Utility of Socioeconomic Status in Predicting 30-Day Outcomes after Heart Failure Hospitalization

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 473-480

  Eapen, Zubin J ^a   McCoy, Lisa A ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Yancy, Clyde W ^c   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^d   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Califf, Robert M ^a   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; predictive models; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938284622     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001879     Document Type: Article

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