The perspective of patients with congenital heart disease: Does health care meet their needs?

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-227

  Schoormans, Dounya ^a,b   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Pieper, Petronella G ^c   van Melle, Joost P ^c   van Dijk, Arie P J ^d   Sieswerda, Gertjan Tj ^e   Hulsbergen Zwarts, Mariët S ^f   Plokker, Thijs H W M ^g   Brunninkhuis, Leo G H ^h   Vliegen, Hubert W ⁱ   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^g ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

ⁱ LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Health Care Needs; Health Care Use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956276345     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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