A cost-effectiveness study of person-centered integrated heart failure and palliative home care: Based on a randomized controlled trial

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 296-302

  Sahlen, Klas Göran ^a   Boman, Kurt ^a   Brännström, Margareta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; heart failure; home care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE ADVANCED HOME CARE AND HEART FAILURE CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERSON CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; CLIENT CENTERED THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSON-CENTERED THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84958056533     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315618544     Document Type: Article

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