Transitional care for patients with congestive heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 562-571

  Vedel, Isabelle ^a   Khanassov, Vladimir ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Meta analysis; Outcomes research; Systematic review; Transitional care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSITIONAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84946900522     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1844     Document Type: Review

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