Referral and Use of Heart Failure Clinics: What Factors Are Related to Use?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-489

  Gravely, Shannon ^a,b,c   Ginsburg, Liane ^a   Stewart, Donna E ^b,d   Mak, Susanna ^b,d,e   Grace, Sherry L ^a,b,c,d  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84863867023     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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