Heart failure programs and comprehensive management in heart failure;Modelli integrati tra ospedale e territorio per l'assistenza al paziente con scompenso cardiaco

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-139

  Di Lenarda, A ^a   Sabbadini, G ^a   Sinagra, G ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Heart failure clinics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

AGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ITALY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL;

HEALTH PLANNING; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 0036719804     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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