Heart Failure, an Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics: Volume 27-4

by Jennifer Kitchens MSN RN ACNS-BC CVRN

Heart failure is the only cardiovascular disease that is increasing. The impact on the critical care environment and the health care system, as a whole, is significant from both a cost and burden to the system perspective. There are 6.5 million hospital days a year and nearly $40 billion dollars in yearly health care costs attributed to heart failure in the United States. There are more Medicare monies spent for diagnosing and treating heart failure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323402429
• ISBN13: 9780323402422
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.