Home care before and after hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction in alberta, canada

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-61

  Quan, Hude ^a   Cujec, Bibiana ^b   Jin, Yan ^c   Johnson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Information Analysis   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Health service utilization; Home care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 2942644808     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v23n01_03     Document Type: Article

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