Quality and availability of consumer information on heart failure in Australia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vitry, Agnes I ^a   Phillips, Susan M ^b   Semple, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58149373909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-255     Document Type: Article

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