Utilization of trained volunteers decreases 30-day readmissions for heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 842-850

  Sales, Virna L ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Salman ^a   Lella, Leela K ^a   Huang, Jiaxin ^a   Bhumireddy, Geetha ^a   Lefkowitz, Lance ^a   Feinstein, Mimi ^a   Kamal, Mikail ^a   Caesar, Raqib ^a   Cusick, Elizabeth ^a   Norenberg, Jane ^a   Lee, Jiwon ^a   Brener, Sorin ^a   Sacchi, Terrence J ^a   Heitner, John F ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community patients; patient education; patient centered intervention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; ABSOLUTE RISK REDUCTION; ADULT; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE RISK REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

COMMUNITY PATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT-CENTERED INTERVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893165226     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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