Are There Race/Ethnicity Differences in Outpatient Congestive Heart Failure Management, Hospital Use, and Mortality among an Insured Population?

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the quality of outpatient care received by patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and whether differences in care and outcomes exist by race/ethnicity. Background: Appropriate outpatient CHF management can improve patient well-being and redu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical care 2004-07, Vol.42 (7), p.680-689
Hauptverfasser:	Lafata, Jennifer Elston, Manel Pladevall, Divine, George, Melissa Ayoub Heinen, Edward F. Philbin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult African Americans - statistics & numerical data Aged Ambulatory Care - standards Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data Body mass index Cardiology Comorbidity Congestive heart failure Disease Management Ethnicity European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Female Follow-Up Studies Health Maintenance Organizations - standards Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data Heart failure Heart Failure - ethnology Heart Failure - mortality Heart Failure - therapy Hospital admissions Hospitalization Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Middle Aged Midwestern United States - epidemiology Mortality Multivariate Analysis Patient care Prescription drugs Primary health care Proportional Hazards Models Quality of Health Care Survival Analysis
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