Inpatient palliative care referral and 9-month hospital readmission in patients with congestive heart failure: a linked nationwide analysis

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 282, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 445-451

  Wiskar, K ^a   Celi, L A ^b   Walley, K R ^a   Fruhstorfer, C ^a   Rush, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; NRD database; palliative care; readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85029514046     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12657     Document Type: Article

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