Adequacy of home care and hospital readmission for elderly congestive heart failure patients

Health and Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-96

  Proctor, Enola K ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^a   Li, Hong ^b   Dore, Peter ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Discharge planning; Elderly people; Home care; Readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034183888     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/25.2.87     Document Type: Article

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