Quality of cardiovascular disease care in Ontario's primary care practices: A cross sectional study examining differences in guideline adherence by patient sex

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Naicker, Kiyuri ^a   Liddy, Clare ^a   Singh, Jatinderpreet ^a   Taljaard, Monica ^a,b   Hogg, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Guideline adherence; Primary care; Sex equity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84902301916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-123     Document Type: Article

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