Heart transplant centers practice patterns affect outcomes
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Thirty-day outcomes in Medicare patients with heart failure at heart transplant centers.
BACKGROUND Heart transplant centers are generally considered "centers of excellence" for heart failure care. However, their overall performance has not previously been evaluated in a broad population of elderly patients with heart failure, many of whom are not transplant candidates. METHODS AND RESULTS We identified >1 million elderly Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized for heart fai...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)81731-2