Perceptions of cardiac rehabilitation patients, specialists and rehabilitation programs regarding cardiac rehabilitation wait times

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Grace, Sherry L ^a   Tan, Yongyao ^b   Marcus, Louise ^c   Dafoe, William ^d   Simpson, Chris ^e   Suskin, Neville ^f   Chessex, Caroline ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Canadian Cardiovascular Society   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SPECIALIZATION; TIME;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGISTRIES; SPECIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864916509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-259     Document Type: Article

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