Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 8 , Pages 803-811 , August 2007

A single health status question had important prognostic value among outpatients with chronic heart failure

  • Usha Subramanian

      Affiliations

    • Roudebush VAMC, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 317-278-1602; fax: 317-278-0911.
    • ,
  • George Eckert

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • ,
  • Ada Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • ,
  • William M. Tierney

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, USA
    • Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA

,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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