Use of cardiac rehabilitation by medicare beneficiaries after myocardial infarction or coronary bypass surgery

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1653-1662

  Suaya, Jose A ^a   Shepard, Donald S ^a   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,c   Ades, Philip A ^d   Prottas, Jeffrey ^a   Stason, William B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Coronary disease; Exercise; Myocardial infarction; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148901612     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.701466     Document Type: Article

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