An integrated and coordinated approach to preventing recurrent coronary heart disease events in Australia: Policy statement from the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 683-686

  Briffa, Tom G ^a   Kinsman, Leigh ^b   Maiorana, Andrew J ^c,d   Zecchin, Robert ^e   Redfern, Julie ^f   Davidson, Patricia M ^d   Paull, Glenn ^g   Nagle, Amanda ^h   Denniss, A Robert ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^f Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^g ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

AUSTRALIA; CORONARY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POLICY MAKING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RECURRENCE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 68349096355     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02636.x     Document Type: Review

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