Putting it altogether: Improving performance in heart failure outcomes

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Clancy, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COMORBIDITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEEDBACK; FRACTALS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; IOWA; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67649147820     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181a7909a     Document Type: Article

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