Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 554-567 , September 2006

A Systematic Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy and Heterogeneity of Disease Management Programs in Congestive Heart Failure

  • Alexander Göhler, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute for Technology Assessment and Department of Radiology
    • Division of Cardiology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt Medical School, Berlin, Germany
    • Department for Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT—University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i.T., Austria
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  • James L. Januzzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Stewart S. Worrell, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute for Technology Assessment and Department of Radiology
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  • Karl Josef Osterziel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt Medical School, Berlin, Germany
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  • G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute for Technology Assessment and Department of Radiology
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Rainer Dietz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt Medical School, Berlin, Germany
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  • Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD

      Affiliations

    • From the Institute for Technology Assessment and Department of Radiology
    • Department for Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT—University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall i.T., Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Director, Cardiovascular Research Program, MGH Institute for Technology Assessment, Harvard Medical School; 101 Merrimac Street, 10th floor, Boston, MA 02114-4724.

Received 15 May 2005 ,Revised 7 February 2006 ,Accepted 6 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.03.003

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 12, Issue 7 , Pages 554-567 , September 2006

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