The effect of a randomized trial of home telemonitoring on medical costs, 30-day readmissions, mortality, and health-related quality of life in a cohort of community-dwelling heart failure patients

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 513-521

  Blum, Kay ^a   Gottlieb, Stephen S ^b,c  

^a Fairfax Radiology and Inova Heart Institute   (United States)

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

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

30 day readmissions; cost of care; health related quality of life; Home telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL TIME; TELEMONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903838458     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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