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Deconstructing Heart Failure Disease Management
Edward H. Wagner. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004-10-19
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
DeMonte Jr., MD, Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS, Xinping Cui, PhD, Stefanie Vassar, MS, Naihua Duan, PhD, and Martin Lee, PhDReduced Health Care Costs Associated With Disease Management for Chronic Heart Failure: A Study Using Three Methods to Examine the Financial Impact of a Heart Failure Disease Management Program Among Medicare Advantage EnrolleesEffects of Nurse Management on the Quality of Heart Failure Care in Minority Communities A Randomized TrialJane E.
Key findings
- DeMonte Jr., MD, Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS, Xinping Cui, PhD, Stefanie Vassar, MS, Naihua Duan, PhD, and Martin Lee, PhDReduced Health Care Costs Associated With Disease Management for Chronic Heart Failure: A Study Using Three Methods to Examine the Financial Impact of a Heart Failure Disease Management Program Among Medicare Advantage EnrolleesEffects of Nurse Management on the Quality of Heart Failure Care in Minority Communities A Randomized TrialJane E.
Why it matters
This article discusses heart failure disease management programs and their financial impact among Medicare Advantage enrollees. It does not address Alzheimer's disease treatment, cure, or prevention.
Study details
- Study designrandomized controlled trial
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 55/100
Published in a leading specialty journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported and studied in people because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 9 / 10 | Tier 2 — leading specialty journal (Annals of Internal Medicine) |
| Journal's citation record | 4 / 4 | Annals of Internal Medicine: journal h-index 648 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2004 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 1 / 2 | Randomised (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | 4 / 7 | Cited 42 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 1.8 citations a year over 24 year(s) since 2004 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 4.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 1 / 6 | Cited by 1 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Edward H. Wagner: h-index 93 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Group Health Cooperative: institution h-index 417 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 15492346) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 55 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Wagner, E. H. (2004). Deconstructing Heart Failure Disease Management. Annals of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00015
Vancouver
Wagner EH. Deconstructing Heart Failure Disease Management. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2004. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00015. PMID: 15492346.
BibTeX
@article{wagner2004-15492346,
author = {Wagner, Edward H.},
title = {{Deconstructing Heart Failure Disease Management}},
journal = {Annals of Internal Medicine},
year = {2004},
doi = {10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00015},
pmid = {15492346},
url = {https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00015}
}
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