Referral patterns and perceived barriers to adult congenital heart disease care: Results of a survey of U.S. pediatric cardiologists

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2411-2418

  Fernandes, Susan M ^a,b   Khairy, Paul ^c   Fishman, Laurie ^b   Melvin, Patrice ^b   O'Sullivan Oliveira, Joanne ^b   Sawicki, Gregory S ^b   Ziniel, Sonja ^b   Breitinger, Petar ^d   Williams, Roberta ^e   Takahashi, Masato ^e   Landzberg, Michael J ^b  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

access; adult congenital heart disease care; cardiology; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOLOGIST; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84870495924     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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