Feasibility of a heart failure disease management program in Eastern Europe: Tbilisi, Georgia

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 763-769

  Hebert, Kathy ^a   Quevedo, Henry C ^a   Gogichaishvili, Ilia ^b   Nozadze, Nino ^b   Sagirashvili, Ekaterine ^b   Trahan, Patrick ^c   Kipshidze, Nicholas ^b   Arcement, Lee M ^c  

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

^b Central University Hospital   (Georgia)

^c Leonard Chabert Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance adherence; Ethics and policy; Health policy; Medication adherence; Outcome assessment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EASTERN EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84855609811     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.111.962431     Document Type: Article

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