Isolation of health services research from practice and policy: The example of chronic heart failure management

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-540

  Seow, Hsien ^b   Phillips, Christopher O ^c   Rich, Michael W ^d   Spertus, John A ^e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^f   Lynn, Joanne ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Disease management; Health policy; Implementation of research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; E-MAIL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644653237     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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