Home-based intervention in congestive heart failure long-term implications on readmission and survival

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2861-2866

  Stewart, Simon ^a   Horowitz, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular nursing; Congestive heart failure; Health policy; Outcome research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DEATH; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

AFTERCARE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0037129902     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000019067.99013.67     Document Type: Article

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