From numbers to guidelines

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Marelli, Ariane J ^a   Gurvitz, Michelle ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CANADA; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551487230     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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