Remote care costs for congestive heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in the United States comparing remote versus more intensive care settings

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 192-199

  Voigt, Jeffrey ^a   Mosier, Michael ^b  

^a Medical Device Consultants of Ridgewood LLC   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881316690     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chf.12017     Document Type: Article

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