Development of an evidence-based scoring system (HF-IS) to assess the quality of heart failure programmes for patients postdischarge from hospital

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 3011-3019

  Driscoll, Andrea ^a   Tonkin, Andrew ^a   Stewart, Andrew ^b   Thompson, David R ^c   Worrall Carter, Linda ^c   Riegel, Barbara ^d   Hare, David L ^e   Davidson, Patricia M ^f   Stewart, Simon ^g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease management; Heart failure; Heart failure programmes; Intervention score; National benchmark

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80053906915     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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