Evaluation of a nurse practitioner disease management model for chronic heart failure: A multi-site implementation study

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Lowery, Julie ^a   Hopp, Faith ^a,b   Subramanian, Usha ^c,d   Wiitala, Wyndy ^a   Welsh, Deborah E ^a   Larkin, Angela ^a   Stemmer, Karen ^a   Zak, Cassandra ^a   Vaitkevicius, Peter ^e  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VETERAN;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856239633     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2011.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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