National trends in pulmonary embolism hospitalization rates and outcomes for adults aged ≥65 years in the United States (1999 to 2010)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1436-1442

  Minges, Karl E ^a,b   Bikdeli, Behnood ^c   Wang, Yun ^a,d   Kim, Nancy ^a,c   Curtis, Jeptha P ^a,c   Desai, Mayur M ^b,c   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944339092     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.07.068     Document Type: Article

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