Effects of person‐centred and integrated chronic heart failure and palliative home care. PREFER: a randomized controlled study

We evaluated the outcome of person‐centred and integrated Palliative advanced home caRE and heart FailurE caRe (PREFER) with regard to patient symptoms, health‐related quality of life (HQRL), and hospitalizations compared with usual care.

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