Hospital strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions: Where is the evidence?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 615-617

  Butler, Javed ^a   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; hospitalizations; outcomes; processes of care; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864697450     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.066     Document Type: Editorial

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