Cardiac rehabilitation in Canada and Arab countries: Comparing availability and program characteristics

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Turk Adawi, Karam I ^a   Terzic, Carmen ^b   Bjarnason Wehrens, Birna ^c   Grace, Sherry L ^a,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arab countries; Availability; Cardiac rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION NURSING; SPECIALIZATION;

CANADA; CARDIAC REHABILITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE EAST; REHABILITATION NURSING; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947998423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1183-7     Document Type: Article

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