A Randomized Trial of Heart Failure Disease Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Design and Rationale

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 710.e5-710.e11

  Boxer, Rebecca S ^a   Dolansky, Mary A ^a   Bodnar, Christine A ^a   Singer, Mendel E ^b   Albert, Jeffery M ^a,b   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Heart failure; SNF

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOATING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CARE; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TEACHING;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; SNF;

AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884131195     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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