Screening for atrial fibrillation in patients aged 65 years or over attending annual flu vaccination clinics at a single general practice

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-140

  Rhys, G C ^a   Azhar, M F ^b   Foster, A ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Moorlands Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Flu vaccination clinics; General practice; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879350048     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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