title: Heart failure. Optimal postdischarge management of chronic HF.
abstract: Not all strategies for the management of chronic heart failure have been shown to be equally effective in improving outcomes, and the ideal programme has yet to be defined. The WHICH? trial sheds some light on whether a clinical, in-hospital or a home-based strategy of care is superior and cost-effective.
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine Service, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Institute of Lumezzane, Via Giuseppe Mazzini 129, Lumezzane, Brescia, Italy. simonetta.scalvini@fsm.it
authors.forename: Simonetta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scalvini
authors.forename: Amerigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giordano
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000191:economics; D010359:Patient Readmission; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome