Impact of a nurse practitioner on the cost of managing inpatients with heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 686-688

  Dahle, Karen L ^a   Smith, Jane S ^a   Ingersoll, Gail L ^a   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0031688171     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00389-0     Document Type: Article

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