Workload implications of identifying patients with ischaemic heart disease in primary care: Population-based study

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Gray, Jeremy ^a   Ekins, Matthew ^a   Scammell, Amy ^a   Carroll, Kevin ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^b  

^a Bolingbroke Hospital London   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ischaemic heart disease; Population Register; Primary care; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; WORKLOAD;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0141998513     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg061     Document Type: Article

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