Effectiveness of heart failure management programmes with nurse-led discharge planning in reducing re-admissions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 610-624

  Lambrinou, Ekaterini ^a   Kalogirou, Fotini ^a   Lamnisos, Demetris ^a   Sourtzi, Panayota ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Disease management; Heart failure; Meta analysis; Nurse specialist; Review; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSING;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84860250647     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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