Heart failure disease management incorporating telemedicine: A critical review

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-217

  Jerant, Anthony F ^a   Nesbitt, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744394627     PISSN: 10796533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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