Patient and health-care impact of a pilot rheumatic heart disease screening program

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-302

  Wark, Emma Kathleen ^a   Hodder, Yvonne Coral ^a   Woods, Cindy Estelle ^a   Maguire, Graeme Paul ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiology; community; echocardiography; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; WORKLOAD;

CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84876283024     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12154     Document Type: Article

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