Hospital readmission among older adults with congestive heart failure

Australian Health Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 362-368

  Islam, Tasneem ^a   O'Connell, Beverly ^b,c   Lakhan, Prabha ^a,d  

^a Cabrini Deakin Centre for Nursing Research   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84880502080     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH12042     Document Type: Review

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