Evidence-based chronic heart failure management programs: Reality or myth?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Driscoll, A ^a   Worrall Carter, L ^b   Hare, D L ^c   Davidson, P M ^d   Riegel, B ^e   Tonkin, A ^a   Stewart, Simon ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73349123153     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.028035     Document Type: Article

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