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Differences in severity at admission for heart failure between rural and urban patients: the value of adding laboratory results to administrative data

BACKGROUND: Rural/urban variations in admissions for heart failure may be influenced by severity at hospital presentation and local practice patterns. Laboratory data reflect clinical severity and guide hospital admission decisions and treatment for heart failure, a costly chronic illness and a lead...

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Autores principales: Smith, Mark W., Owens, Pamela L., Andrews, Roxanne M., Steiner, Claudia A., Coffey, Rosanna M., Skinner, Halcyon G., Miyamura, Jill, Popescu, Ioana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1380-z