What we have here is a failure to communicate! Improving communication between tertiary to primary care for chronic heart failure patients

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 595-599

  Shakib, S ^a,b   Philpott, H ^a   Clark, R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Continuum of care; Discharge management; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349748694     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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