Management of heart conditions in older rural and urban Australian women

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 722-729

  Jordan, S ^a   Wilson, A ^b   Dobson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Health service; Rural health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; STATIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053466095     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02536.x     Document Type: Article

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