Impact of an expanded hospital recognition program for heart failure quality of care

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Heidenreich, Paul A ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^b   Yancy, Clyde W ^c   Schwamm, Lee H ^d   Albert, Nancy M ^e   Fonarow, Gregg C ^f  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Awards; Healthcare quality assessment; Healthcare quality indicators; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939463107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000950     Document Type: Article

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