Low-technology heart failure care in home health: Improving patient outcomes

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 533-540

  Quinn, Christina ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TEACHING MATERIALS; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749439540     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200609000-00012     Document Type: Article

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