Open AccessAn economic analysis of specialist heart failure nurse management in the U.K. Can we afford not to implement it?
Author(s) -
Simon Stewart,
Lynda Blue,
Andrew Walker,
Caroline Morrison,
John J.V. McMurray
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2001.3114
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , emergency medicine , hospital bed , population , health care , medical emergency , nursing , environmental health , economics , economic growth
Hospital activity represents the major component of health care expenditure related to heart failure. This study evaluated the economic impact of applying specialist nurse management programmes that limit heart failure-related hospital readmissions within a whole population.
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