Impact of home health care on health care costs and hospitalization frequency in patients with heart failure

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 615-617

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

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG COST; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0033557920     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00928-X     Document Type: Article

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