The WHICH? Trial: Rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized, multicentre comparison of home- vs. clinic-based management of chronic heart failure patients

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 909-916

  Stewart, Simon ^a   Carrington, Melinda J ^a   Marwick, Thomas ^b   Davidson, Patricia M ^c   MacDonald, Peter ^d   Horowitz, John ^e   Krum, Henry ^f   Newton, Phillip J ^c   Reid, Christopher ^f   Scuffham, Paul A ^g  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Disease management; Left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDY DESIGN;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79961055835     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr048     Document Type: Review

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