Relation between process measures and diagnosis-specific readmission rates in patients with heart failure

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 1704-1710

  Bottle, Alex ^a   Goudie, Rosalind ^a   Cowie, Martin R ^b   Bell, Derek ^c   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84947267516     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307328     Document Type: Article

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