Better prevention and management of heart failure in aboriginal Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 116-118

  Teng, Tiew Hwa K ^a   Hung, Joseph ^a   Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a   Bessarab, Dawn C ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT ENGAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928243364     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.01393     Document Type: Editorial

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