Factors associated with physician follow-up among patients with chest pain discharged from the emergency department

CMAJ

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E160-E168

  Wong, Michael K Y ^a,b   Wang, Julie T ^a   Czarnecki, Andrew ^b   Koh, Maria ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b   Schull, Michael J ^a,b   Wijeysundera, Harindra C ^a,b   Lau, Ching ^b   Ko, Dennis T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924911914     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.141294     Document Type: Article

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