Introduction to the Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team's (CCORT) Canadian Cardiovascular Atlas project

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-229

  Tu, Jack V ^a,b   Brien, Susan E ^a   Kennedy, Courtney C ^a   Pilote, Louise ^c   Ghali, William A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular research; CCORT; Health care services

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGIONALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; BOOK; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ATLASES; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037445031     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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