Thinking Outside the Box: Treating Acute Heart Failure Outside the Hospital to Improve Care and Reduce Admissions

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 667-673

  DeVore, Adam D ^a,b   Allen, Larry A ^c,d   Eapen, Zubin J ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84938289631     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.05.009     Document Type: Review

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