Abstract
A home care agency's patient population with heart failure demonstrated improved outcomes after the agency implemented an evidence-based protocol. The model holds promise for use in other agencies working to improve patient outcomes as well as have an impact on decreasing costs.
MeSH terms
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Community Health Nursing / economics*
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Community Health Nursing / standards*
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Cost Savings
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Evidence-Based Medicine*
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Female
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Heart Failure / diagnosis
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Heart Failure / nursing*
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Home Care Services / organization & administration*
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Humans
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Interinstitutional Relations
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Male
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Models, Nursing
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Nursing Evaluation Research
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Practice Guidelines as Topic*
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Professional Competence
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Total Quality Management