Cardiovascular education programs in the home health arena.
Hospital-based cardiovascular education programs are not achieving the results hoped for by the medical and nursing profession. Patients are too ill and frightened at this level to learn. A study of a cardiovascular education program undertaken in a home care agency achieved encouraging results: patients learn much better at home.
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Tri Home Health Care & Services, Forest Hill, MD.
D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D006278:Medicare; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States