A Disease Management Study Targeted to Reduce Health Care Utilization for Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

A Disease Management Study Targeted to Reduce Health Care Utilization for Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

The aim of this study is to determine whether a nurse-managed telephone-based disease-management intervention can reduce healthcare utilization and improve self-assessed health status in patients with congestive heart failure.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with ≥1 unplanned inpatient occasion with primary diagnosis of heart failure ( I50) during the last 12 months
• Heart failure grade NYHA II- III
• Accurate heart failure diagnosis
• Living in one of four Swedish counties where the trial is ongoing

Exclusion Criteria:

• Deceased
• In a moribund state
• Significant cognitive loss and therefore cannot provide consent
• Psychosis diagnosis
• Severe hearing impairment
• Language difficulties
• Participants in another study