Randomized controlled clinical trial of a home care unit intervention to reduce readmission and death rates in patients discharged from hospital following admission for heart failure;Ensayo clínico aleatorizado y controlado para valorar una intervención por una unidad de hospitalización domiciliaria en la reducción de reingresos y muerte en pacientes dados de alta del hospital tras un ingreso por insuficiencia cardiaca

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 914-922

  Iraúrgui, Begoña Aldamiz Echevarría ^a   Muñiz, Javier ^b   Rodríguez Fernández, José A ^a   Vidán Martínez, Luciano ^a   Silva César, Miguel ^a   Lamelo Alfonsín, Fernando ^a   Díaz Díaz, José L ^a   Ramos Polledo, Vicente ^c   Castro Beiras, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c A Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Managed care programs; Patient adherence; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 35748964746     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13109644     Document Type: Article

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