Economic burden of heart failure: A summary of recent literature

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 362-371

  Lee, Won Chan ^a,c   Chavez, Yoko E ^a   Baker, Tim ^b   Luce, Bryan R ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Bethesda MD 20815 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE; LISINOPRIL; RAMIPRIL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 9944258042     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.06.008     Document Type: Review

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