A fetal telecardiology service: Patient preference and socio-economic factors

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 883-887

  Mccrossan, Brian A ^a   Sands, Andrew J ^a   Kileen, Theresa ^b   Doherty, Nicola N ^a   Casey, Frank A ^a  

^a ROYAL BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOLOGY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACARDIAC ANOMALY; FACE TO FACE CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FETAL DYSRHYTHMIA; FETAL TELECARDIOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS TELECARDIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SATISFACTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865784202     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.3926     Document Type: Article

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