Abstract
Not all strategies for the management of chronic heart failure have been shown to be equally effective in improving outcomes, and the ideal programme has yet to be defined. The WHICH? trial sheds some light on whether a clinical, in-hospital or a home-based strategy of care is superior and cost-effective.
MeSH terms
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Chronic Disease
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Continuity of Patient Care* / organization & administration
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Health Care Costs
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Heart Failure / economics
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Heart Failure / mortality
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Heart Failure / therapy*
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Home Care Services, Hospital-Based* / economics
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Home Care Services, Hospital-Based* / organization & administration
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Humans
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Outpatient Clinics, Hospital* / economics
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Outpatient Clinics, Hospital* / organization & administration
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Patient Care Team
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Patient Discharge* / economics
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Patient Readmission
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Time Factors
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Treatment Outcome