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Review
. 2017 Jul 11;136(2):123-125.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028747.

An Unintended Consequence of the 21st-Century Cures Act for Patients With Heart Failure

Lauren G Gilstrap  1 , Ersilia M DeFilippis  2 , Lynne W Stevenson  2
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Review

An Unintended Consequence of the 21st-Century Cures Act for Patients With Heart Failure

Lauren G Gilstrap et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: health policy; heart failure; inotropes.

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Number of Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries and Annual Spending for Home Inotropic Therapy, 2010–2014 The total number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries receiving home inotropic therapy and Medicare’s total annual spending on home inotropic therapy has increased from 2010 to 2014.
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