Gender and other disparities in referral to specialized heart failure clinics following emergency department visits

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 526-531

  Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,b,c   Huynh, Thao ^d   Des Lauriers, Julie ^b   Giannetti, Nadia ^d   Frenette, Marc ^e   Grondin, François ^f   Michel, Caroline ^g   Sheppard, Richard ^g   Montigny, Martine ^h   Lepage, Serge ⁱ   Nguyen, Viviane ^d   Behlouli, Hassan ^d   Pilote, Louise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Public Health Department of Montreal   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Hôpital Cité de la Santé et Direction de Santé Publique de Laval   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84879068458     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.4107     Document Type: Article

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