The management of heart failure in Sweden

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-376

  Cline, C M J ^a   Boman, K ^b   Holst, M ^a   Erhardt, L R ^a   Failure, F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Heart failure; Management; Nurse led clinics

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036623855     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(01)00233-1     Document Type: Article

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