Nurse-led heart failure follow-up in primary care in Sweden

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Mårtensson, Jan ^a,b   Dahlström, Ulf ^c   Johansson, Gunilla ^d   Lernfelt, Bodil ^e   Persson, Hans ^f   Willenheimer, Ronnie ^g  

^a Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Nyby Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^e Sahlgrenska University   (Sweden)

^f DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Follow up; Heart failure; Nursing; Primary care; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTICE ACT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

CARDIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 67349118431     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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