Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 859-866 , November 2010

Cost of Medical Services in Older Patients With Heart Failure: Those Receiving Enhanced Monitoring Using a Computer-Based Telephonic Monitoring System Compared With Those in Usual Care: The Heart Failure Home Care Trial

  • Ozlem Z. Soran, MD, MPH, FACC, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ozlem Z. Soran, MD, MPH, FACC, FESC, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Epidemiology/ Research, University of Pittsburgh Cardiovascular Institute, 200 Lothrop Street, UPMC, Presbyterian Hospital, PUH, F-748, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213. Tel: (412) 647-4411; Fax: (412) 647-7005.
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  • Arthur M. Feldman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Ileana L. Piña, MD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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  • Gervasio A. Lamas, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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  • Sheryl F. Kelsey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Faith Selzer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • John Pilotte, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
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  • Judith R. Lave, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy & Management Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Received 18 November 2009 ,Revised 18 May 2010 ,Accepted 28 May 2010.

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 Grant Support: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD.

 See page 865 for disclosure information.

PII: S1071-9164(10)00250-2

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.05.028

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 859-866 , November 2010

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