Heart failure management programs: Can we afford to ignore the inpatient phase of care?

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-262

  McDonald, Ken ^a   Ledwidge, Mark ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Disease management programs; NYHA Class IV; Readmission

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0041375469     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.18     Document Type: Article

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