2006
National Trends in Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure
Kosiborod M, Lichtman JH, Heidenreich PA, Normand SL, Wang Y, Brass LM, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure. The American Journal Of Medicine 2006, 119: 616.e1-616.e7. PMID: 16828634, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure managementHeart failureElderly patientsHospital readmissionFailure managementOne-year mortalityThirty-day readmissionRisk-adjusted analysisCause hospital readmissionReferent yearCause mortalityReadmissionMedicare beneficiariesBetter outcomesMortality trendsMortalityPatientsRisk adjustmentTemporal trendsNational trendsOutcomesNational sampleFailureYears
2004
885-1 National mortality trends in elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure between 1992 and 1999
Kosiborod M, Lichtman J, Wang Y, Brass L, Krumholz H. 885-1 National mortality trends in elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure between 1992 and 1999. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2004, 43: a239-a240. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(04)91020-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research