Differences in management of heart attack patients between metropolitan and regional hospitals in the Hunter Region of Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Lim, Lynette L Y ^a   O'Connell, Rachel L ^b   Heller, Richard F ^b  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0033007097     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01206.x     Document Type: Article

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