Improving Heart Failure Disease Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Lessons Learned

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 432-447

  Dolansky, Mary A ^a   Hitch, Jeanne A ^b   Piña, Ileana L ^c   Boxer, Rebecca S ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical research areas; congestive heart failure; diseases; geriatrics; health care settings; post acute care setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH AREAS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASES; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE SETTINGS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POST ACUTE CARE SETTING; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL RESEARCH AREAS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASES; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE SETTINGS; POST ACUTE CARE SETTING;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 84885904042     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773813485088     Document Type: Article

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