Effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient strategies in increasing referral and utilization of cardiac rehabilitation: A prospective, multi-site study

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Grace, Sherry L ^a,b,c,d,e   Angevaare, Kelly L ^b   Reid, Robert D ^f   Oh, Paul ^c,e   Anand, Sonia ^g   Gupta, Milan ^h   Brister, Stephanie ^b   Stewart, Donna E ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Mackenzie Health   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h William Osler Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiovascular diseases; Patient care management

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870879363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-120     Document Type: Article

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