COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS REDUCE REHOSPITALIZATIONS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS FOR LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC URBAN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
| Autor: | Adam S. Vohra, James K. Liao, Kirk T. Spencer, Rhys Chua, Stephanie A. Besser, Sweta Basnet, Mitchell J. Coplan, Charina F Alcain, Brenda Battle, Corey E. Tabit |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Emergency department 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences Underserved Population 0302 clinical medicine Family medicine Heart failure medicine Community health workers 030212 general & internal medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Socioeconomic status |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:856 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| Popis: | Despite improvements in treatments for heart failure in the last 30 years, significant barriers exist for underserved populations including access to care, nonadherence to prescribed treatments, and lack of support for self-management. Community health workers (CHW) are specially trained lay-people |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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