Prescription of secondary prevention medications, lifestyle advice, and referral to rehabilitation among acute coronary syndrome inpatients: Results from a large prospective audit in Australia and New Zealand

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1281-1288

  Redfern, Julie ^a,b   Hyun, Karice ^a,b   Chew, Derek P ^c   Astley, Carolyn ^c   Chow, Clara ^a,b,d   Aliprandi Costa, Bernadette ^e   Howell, Tegwen ^a,f   Carr, Bridie ^g   Lintern, Karen ^g   Ranasinghe, Isuru ^e   Nallaiah, Kellie ^a   Turnbull, Fiona ^a,b   Ferry, Cate ^h   Hammett, Chris ⁱ   Ellis, Chris J ^j   French, John ^k,l   Brieger, David ^b,e   Briffa, Tom ^m  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^g Agency for Clinical Innovation   (Australia)

^h NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^k LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REHABILITATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84904708426     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305296     Document Type: Article

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