A Systematic Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy and Heterogeneity of Disease Management Programs in Congestive Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 554-567

  Göhler, Alexander ^a,c,d   Januzzi, James L ^b   Worrell, Stewart S ^a   Osterziel, Karl Josef ^c   Scott Gazelle, G ^a,e   Dietz, Rainer ^c   Siebert, Uwe ^a,d  

^a Institute for Technology Assessment

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Disease management program; Heterogeneity; Meta analysis; Mortality; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748095515     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.03.003     Document Type: Review

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