Differences in health care use and outcomes by the timing of in-hospital worsening heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1124-1132

  Cooper, Lauren B ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Sharma, Puza P ^c   DeVore, Adam D ^a,b   Mentz, Robert J ^a,b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^d   Pang, Peter S ^e   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; REGISTRIES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84949522825     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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