Cost of medical services in older patients with heart failure: Those receiving enhanced monitoring using a computer-based telephonic monitoring system compared with those in usual care: The heart failure home care trial

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 859-866

  Soran, Ozlem Z ^a   Feldman, Arthur M ^c   Piña, Ileana L ^d   Lamas, Gervasio A ^e   Kelsey, Sheryl F ^b   Selzer, Faith ^b   Pilotte, John ^f   Lave, Judith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; disease management programs; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149285499     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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