Heart failure disease management: A sustainable energy source for the health care engine

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 379-381

  Konstam, Marvin A ^a   Konstam, Varda ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

congestive heart failure; disease management programs; education; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARGENTINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEMONITORING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 77955298842     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.021     Document Type: Editorial

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