Early follow-up after a heart failure exacerbation

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Mcalister, Finlay A ^a   Youngson, Erik ^a   Kaul, Padma ^a   Ezekowitz, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

continuity of patient care; emergency service, hospital; health services research; heart failure; physicians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALBERTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECOGNITION; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84988596371     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003194     Document Type: Article

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