Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 411-418 , May 2010

Evidence-Based Heart Failure Performance Measures and Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review

  • Jared Lane K. Maeda, MPH, PhD(C)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jared Lane K. Maeda, Division of Health Policy & Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, 1603 W. Taylor Street (M/C 923), Chicago, IL 60612-4394. Tel: 617-877-4561.

Received 7 December 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 27 January 2010.

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 Supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) R36 HS17944 grant.

PII: S1071-9164(10)00045-X

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.01.005

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 411-418 , May 2010

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