The cardiac care bridge program: design of a randomized trial of nurse-coordinated transitional care in older hospitalized cardiac patients at high risk of readmission and mortality

• Main Authors: L. Verweij (Author), P. Jepma (Author), B. M. Buurman (Author), C. H. M. Latour (Author), R. H. H. Engelbert (Author), G. ter Riet (Author), F. Karapinar-Çarkit (Author), S. Daliri (Author), R. J. G. Peters (Author), W. J. M. Scholte op Reimer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background After hospitalization for cardiac disease, older patients are at high risk of readmission and death. Although geriatric conditions increase this risk, treatment of older cardiac patients is limited to the management of cardiac diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate if...