Trends in referral to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in the Hunter Region of Australia, 2002-2007

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Johnson, Natalie A ^a   Inder, Kerry J ^a   Bowe, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

coronary disease; outpatients; referral; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149172065     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283304060     Document Type: Article

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