Does remote monitoring improve outcome in patients with chronic heart failure? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 588-589

  Mair, Frances S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 35648934512     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0977     Document Type: Short Survey

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