A randomized trial of the efficacy of multidisciplinary care in heart failure outpatients at high risk of hospital readmission

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 471-480

  Kasper, Edward K ^a,c   Gerstenblith, Gary ^a   Hefter, Gail ^a   Van Anden, Elizabeth ^a   Brinker, Jeffrey A ^a   Thiemann, David R ^a   Terrin, Michael ^b   Forman, Sandra ^b   Gottlieb, Sheldon H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037028593     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01761-2     Document Type: Article

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