Transitional Care of Older Adults Hospitalized with Heart Failure: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 675-684

  Naylor, Mary D ^a,b   Brooten, Dorothy A ^d   Campbell, Roberta L ^a   Maislin, Greg ^e   McCauley, Kathleen M ^a   Schwartz, J Sanford ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Biomedical Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbid conditions; Heart failure; Older adults; Rehospitalizations; Transitional care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342514017     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52202.x     Document Type: Article

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