Case management in a heterogeneous congestive heart failure population: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 809-817

  Laramee, Ann S ^a,c   Levinsky, Susan K ^a   Sargent, Jesse ^a   Ross, Robert ^a   Callas, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037437119     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.7.809     Document Type: Article

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