A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between quality of hospital care and readmission rates in patients with heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1005-1017.e2

  Fischer, Claudia ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Ganiats, Theodore G ^c   Lingsma, Hester F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEB OF SCIENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84955625001     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.06.026     Document Type: Article

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