(2012) found that a 6-week early recovery
symptom management intervention delivered by a telehealth device to improve the physical activity level
of women after coronary artery bypass surgery was
more cost-effective than the usual care. Van Den
Heede et al. (2010) found that increasing nurse staffing
levels appeared to be a cost-effective intervention
as compared with other cardiovascular interventions
for lowering mortality rates. Kotecki and Schmidt
(2010) showed that commercially prepared thickened
liquids were cost-effective products compared with
nursing staff-prepared thickened liquids in the care of
hospitalized dysphagic stroke patients.