The effectiveness of disease management programmes in reducing hospital re-admission in older patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published reports.

J, Gonseth; P, Guallar-Castillón; JR, Banegas; F, Rodríguez-Artalejo

doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.04.022

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The effectiveness of disease management programmes in reducing hospital re-admission in older patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published reports.

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Gonseth J

Guallar-Castillón P

Banegas JR

Abstract

Aims To systematically evaluate the published evidence regarding the effectiveness of disease management programmes (DMPs) reducing hospital re-admissions among elderly patients with heart failure (HF).Methods and results Computerised search of MEDLINE (1966 to 31 August 2003) and EMBASE (1966 to 31...

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