Patient Characteristics Associated With Care by a Cardiologist Among Adults Hospitalized With Severe Congestive Heart Failure

Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH,* Mary Beth Hamel, MD, MPH,† Robert M. Califf, MD, FACC,‡ Roger B. Davis, ScD,† Neil S. Wenger, MD,§ Norman Desbiens, MD,\ Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, FACC,* Humberto Vidaillet, MD, FACC,¶ Alfred F. Connors MD,# Joanne Lynn, MD,** Neal V. Dawson, MD,†† Russell S. Phillips, MD,† for the SUPPORT Investigators San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Durham, North Carolina; Los Angeles, California; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Marshfield, Wisconsin; Charlottesville, Virginia; Washington, DC and Cleveland, Ohio