Delivery of care for adult patients with congenital heart disease in Europe: Results from the Euro Heart Survey

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1324-1330

  Moons, Philip ^a,b   Engelfriet, Peter ^c   Kaemmerer, Harald ^d   Meijboom, Folkert J ^e   Oechslin, Erwin ^f   Mulder, Barbara J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult; Congenital heart disease; Health care survey; Health personnel; Provision of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745683652     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi858     Document Type: Article

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