Home-based telemanagement in chronic heart failure: An 8-year single-site experience

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Giordano, Amerigo ^a   Zanelli, Emanuela ^a   Scalvini, Simonetta ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 80053634366     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2011.110201     Document Type: Article

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