Development and first assessment of a questionnaire for health care utilization and costs for cardiac patients

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schweikert, Bernd ^a,b   Hahmann, Harry ^c   Leidl, Reiner ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Klinik Schwabenland   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 52949084710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-187     Document Type: Article

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