Effects of a 3-Year Nurse-Based Case Management in Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction on Rehospitalisation, Mortality, Risk Factors, Physical Functioning and Mental Health. A Secondary Analysis of the Randomized Controlled KORINNA Study

Inge Kirchberger; Matthias Hunger; Björn Stollenwerk; Hildegard Seidl; Katrin Burkhardt; Bernhard Kuch; Christa Meisinger; Rolf Holle

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116693

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Effects of a 3-Year Nurse-Based Case Management in Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction on Rehospitalisation, Mortality, Risk Factors, Physical Functioning and Mental Health. A Secondary Analysis of the Randomized Controlled KORINNA Study

Inge Kirchberger ,

* E-mail: Inge.Kirchberger@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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Matthias Hunger,

Affiliation Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Björn Stollenwerk,

Affiliation Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Hildegard Seidl,

Affiliation Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Katrin Burkhardt,

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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Bernhard Kuch,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I—Cardiology, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, Department for Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Donau-Ries-Kliniken, Nördlingen, Germany
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Christa Meisinger,

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany, KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Central Hospital of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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Rolf Holle

Affiliation Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Effects of a 3-Year Nurse-Based Case Management in Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction on Rehospitalisation, Mortality, Risk Factors, Physical Functioning and Mental Health. A Secondary Analysis of the Randomized Controlled KORINNA Study

Inge Kirchberger,
Matthias Hunger,
Björn Stollenwerk,
Hildegard Seidl,
Katrin Burkhardt,
Bernhard Kuch,
Christa Meisinger,
Rolf Holle

Published: March 26, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116693

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