Perceptions of cardiac specialists and rehabilitation programs regarding patient access to cardiac rehabilitation and referral strategies

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Grace, Sherry L ^a,b   Tan, Yongyao ^b   Simpson, Chris ^c   Chessex, Caroline ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

access to health care; physicians; referral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGIST; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION PATIENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84861199316     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e31824e2df2     Document Type: Article

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