[New multidisciplinary heart failure care program (six-month preliminary observation)].

Unlabelled: In the last years multidisciplinary care (MDC) of patients with chronic heart failure has proved to be effective. Because of specificity of the medical care organization in different countries the outcome of the programs may be various. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of MDC on patients' survival, hospitalization rate and stay.

A new programme of multidisciplinary care for patients with heart failure in Poznań: one-year follow-up.

Introduction: Recent trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of multidisciplinary care (MDC) for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, results of the assessment of different programmes in individual countries could be different because of local specificities of health care systems.

Aim: We sought to determine whether MDC for patients with CHF has an influence on mortality, rate of rehospitalisation, quality of life (QoL) and self-care (SC) during a one-year study period.