A community hospital-based congestive heart failure program: impact on length of stay, admission and readmission rates, and cost
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Health technology A comprehensive multidisciplinary care programme for patients hospitalised with congestive heart failure (CHF). The programme was designed according to the guidelines of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and consisted of intensive patient and family education on diet, compliance and symptom recognition. The programme also included outpatient infusion of inotropic agents, and aggressive pharmacologic treatment for patients with advanced CHF.
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A community hospital-based congestive heart failure program: impact on length of stay, admission and readmission rates, and cost.
OBJECTIVE To do an analysis of patients with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure at discharge before (n = 407) and after (n = 347) the implementation of a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient congestive heart failure program consistent with the guidelines of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective analysis of the impact of the congestive hear...
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Health technology A comprehensive multidisciplinary care programme for patients hospitalised with congestive heart failure (CHF). The programme was designed according to the guidelines of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and consisted of intensive patient and family education on diet, compliance and symptom recognition. The programme also included outpatient infusion of in...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017