Randomized trial of a nurse-administered, telephone-based disease management program for patients with heart failure

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. The authors concluded that the disease management programme for patients with HF significantly delayed subsequent hospital encounters but had a negligible effect on functional status and quality of life. The intervention was cost-neutral at one year.