Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.
Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education alone is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.