A prospective comparison of cardiac rehabilitation enrollment following automatic vs usual referral

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-245

  Grace, Sherry L ^a,b,c   Scholey, Patricia ^d   Suskin, Neville ^e,f   Arthur, Heather M ^g   Brooks, Dina ^c   Jaglal, Susan ^c,h   Abramson, Beth L ^c,i   Stewart, Donna E ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Trillium Health Centre Missassauga   (Canada)

^e LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

ⁱ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to care; Automatic referral; Cardiac rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34249744687     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0046     Document Type: Article

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