Modeling of in-hospital treatment outcomes for elderly patients with heart failure: Care pathway versus usual care KU Leuven
Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of care pathways on heart failure treatment outcomes by adjusting for possible risk factors in elderly patients. Subjects and methods: Data were collected from 14 Italian hospitals. The overall sample consisted of 332 geriatric heart failure patients (174 receiving care pathway, 158 usual care) older than 75 years. We performed two-level mixed-effects logistic regression model to ...