Recruitment activities for a nationwide, population-based, group-randomized trial: The VA MI-Plus study

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Funkhouser, Ellen ^a,b   Levine, Deborah A ^b,c,d   Gerald, Joe K ^e   Houston, Thomas K ^f   Johnson, Nancy K ^a   Allison, Jeroan J ^f   Kiefe, Catarina I ^f  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 80052587575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-105     Document Type: Article

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