Differences in Education, Knowledge, Self-Management Activities, and Health Outcomes for Patients With Heart Failure Cared for Under the Chronic Disease Model: The Improving Chronic Illness Care Evaluation

• Published in: Journal of cardiac failure Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 405 - 413
• Main Authors: Baker, David W., Asch, Steven M., Keesey, Joan W., Brown, Julie A., Chan, Kitty S., Joyce, Geoffrey, Keeler, Emmett B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Attitude to Health; Chronic care; Chronic Disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Delivery of Health Care - utilization; Female; Health Care Surveys; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Knowledge; Male; Middle Aged; Nurse-Patient Relations; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient Education as Topic; Patient Satisfaction; quality improvement; Quality of Life; Self Care; Self Efficacy; self-management; self-management; quality improvement; Chronic care

The objective of this study was to determine whether participation in a quality improvement (QI) collaborative for heart failure (HF) was associated with better interpersonal aspects of care and health outcomes. We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of patients in 6 organizations who parti...