Australia's health care reform agenda: Implications for the nurses' role in chronic heart failure management

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-197

  Betihavas, Vasiliki ^a,b   Newton, Phillip J ^b   Du, Hui Yun ^b   Macdonald, Peter S ^c   Frost, Steven A ^a   Stewart, Simon ^d   Davidson, Patricia M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e St Vincent's and Mater Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chronic heart failure; Health care reform; Nurse's practice patterns; Nursing administration research

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SELF CARE;

EID: 79961026212     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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