Country differences in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease - A comparison between the US, the UK and Germany

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Von Dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^a   Bönte, Markus ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^b   Marceau, Lisa ^c   Link, Carol ^c   Arber, Sara ^d   Adams, Ann ^e   McKinlay, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53249086184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-198     Document Type: Article

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