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Effects of a home-based activation intervention on self-management adherence and readmission in rural heart failure patients: the PATCH randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) patients discharged from rural hospitals have higher 30-day readmission rates. Self-management (SM) reduces readmissions, but adherence to SM guidelines is low in the rural HF population. We tested a home-based intervention to enhance patient activation and lead to imp...

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Autores principales: Young, Lufei, Hertzog, Melody, Barnason, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27608624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0339-7