American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 258-264, August 2003

Mortality trends for 23,505 Medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure in Northeast Ohio, 1991 to 1997☆

  • David W Baker, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David Baker, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Medical School, Suite 200, 676 N St Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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  • Doug Einstadter, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Charles Thomas, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Randall D Cebul, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 12 April 2002; accepted 5 August 2002.

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☆ This grant was supported by grant number R01 HS09969 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

PII: S0002-8703(02)94784-8

doi:10.1016/S0002-8703(02)94784-8

American Heart Journal
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 258-264, August 2003

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