Home care as an option in worsening chronic heart failure- A pilot study to evaluate feasibility, quality adjusted life years and cost-effectiveness

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 675-681

  Patel, Harshida ^a,b   Shafazand, Masoud ^a   Ekman, Inger ^a   Höjgård, Sören ^c   Swedberg, Karl ^a   Schaufelberger, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Institute for Food and Agricultural Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congestive; Cost utility analysis; Health care cost; Heart failure; Home care; Quality adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249085692     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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