What works in chronic care management: The case of heart failure

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-189

  Sochalski, Julie ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c   Laramee, Ann ^d   McMurray, John J V ^e   Naylor, Mary D ^a   Rich, Michael W ^f   Riegel, Barbara ^g   Stewart, Simon ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^h BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 59449097959     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.179     Document Type: Article

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