Drive time to cardiac rehabilitation: At what point does it affect utilization?

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brual, Janette ^a   Gravely Witte, Shannon ^b   Suskin, Neville ^c   Stewart, Donna E ^d,e   Macpherson, Alison ^b   Grace, Sherry L ^b,d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GIS; HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARDIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952995743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-27     Document Type: Article

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