Transitional care interventions to prevent readmissions for persons with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 774-784

  Feltner, Cynthia ^a   Jones, Christine D ^b   Cené, Crystal W ^c   Zheng, Zhi Jie ^d   Sueta, Carla A ^c   Coker Schwimmer, Emmanuel J L ^c   Arvanitis, Marina ^c   Lohr, Kathleen N ^d   Middleton, Jennifer C ^c   Jonas, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMONITORING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSITIONAL CARE INTERVENTION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84901795744     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0083     Document Type: Review

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