[New models to improve supply in patients with chronic heart failure].
Frequency of chronic heart failure still increases. More and more resources have been required for the diagnosis and therapy of this disease. This burden for health-care systems will grow in the near future. In particular, clinical treatment has a major impact. New approaches are essential to ensure an efficient supply of patients with chronic heart failure in the next years. Models to improve the supply give the opportunity to optimize the medical workflow and involve the patient into the concept of care. Therefore, a variety of models have been developed and up to now tested concerning benefit and applicability in western industrial countries. The present article focuses on the fundamental models to improve the supply of patients with chronic heart failure.
Westdeutsches Herzzentrum Essen, Klinik für Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany.
Christiane
C
Buhr
Till
T
Neumann
Nina
N
Kolbe
Stefan
S
Sack
Raimund
R
Erbel
D002309:Cardiology / Q000458:organization & administration; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic