Quality of life of individuals with heart failure: A randomized trial of the effectiveness of two models of hospital-to-home transition

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-282

  Harrison, Margaret B ^a,b   Browne, Gina B ^c   Roberts, Jacqueline ^c   Tugwell, Peter ^d   Gafni, Amiram ^c   Graham, Ian D ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Ottawa Health Research Institue ^*

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospital to home; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0036547415     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200204000-00003     Document Type: Article

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