Criteria for referral to heart failure clinics: a rapid review
Health Quality Ontario
Record ID 32015000502
English
Authors' recommendations:
Heart failure clinics have been shown to be effective at reducing patient mortality, and arguments have been made that the benefits of the clinics extend to all patients with suspected or established heart failure. Given resource limitations, a dilemma is posed as to how to best determine a patient's eligibility for referral to a heart failure clinic.
This rapid review found no studies designed to define the optimal patients for referral to heart failure clinics. Thus, it is unable to identify the criteria that should be used for making such referrals. The optimal eligibility criteria for heart failure clinics are unclear.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2015
URL for published report:
http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/Documents/eds/rapid-reviews/qbp-chf-clinic-ref-20141111-en.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Referral and Consultation
Contact
Organisation Name:
Health Quality Ontario
Contact Address:
Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5
Contact Name:
EDSinfo@hqontario.ca
Contact Email:
OH-HQO_hta-reg@ontariohealth.ca
Copyright:
Health Quality Ontario
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