What is the optimal place for heart failure treatment and care: Home or hospital?

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 227-231

  Stewart, Simon ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease management programs; Heart failure; Home based; Specialist outpatient clinics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881469586     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0144-x     Document Type: Article

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