Home telemonitoring for congestive heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-76

  Polisena, Julie ^a   Tran, Khai ^a   Cimon, Karen ^a   Hutton, Brian ^a   McGill, Sarah ^a   Palmer, Krisan ^b   Scott, Richard E ^c  

^a CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77449154788     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2009.090406     Document Type: Article

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