Open AccessEffectiveness and Cost of a Transitional Care Program for Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Brett D. Stauffer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.274
Subject(s) - transitional care , medicine , reimbursement , heart failure , intervention (counseling) , emergency medicine , randomized controlled trial , health care , medical emergency , nursing , cardiology , economics , economic growth
Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the efficacy of nurse-led transitional care programs to reduce readmission rates for patients with heart failure; the effectiveness of these programs in real-world health care systems is less well understood.
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