Lack of improvement of clinical outcomes by a low-cost, hospital-based heart failure management programme

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 614-622

  Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Albanese, Maria Cecilia ^a   De Biaggio, Paola ^a   Caliandro, Donato ^a   Gregori, Dario ^b,c   Goss, Paolo ^a   Miani, Daniela ^a   Fresco, Claudio ^a   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Bulfoni, Alessandro ^a   Fioretti, Paolo Maria ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c IRCAB Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Internal medicine departments; Outcome assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33748458290     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000237910.34000.58     Document Type: Article

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