Elderly patients with heart failure: A study of satisfaction with care and quality of life

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Candlish, Paula ^a   Watts, Paula ^a   Redman, Sally ^b   Whyte, Patricia ^a   Lowe, Julia ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031808756     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/10.2.141     Document Type: Article

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