Effect of a multidisciplinary intervention on medication compliance in elderly patients with congestive heart failure

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-276

  Rich, Michael W ^a   Gray, Diane Baldus ^a   Beckham, Valerie ^a   Wittenberg, Carol ^a   Luther, Priya ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; DIETARY SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030250166     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00172-6     Document Type: Article

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