Barriers for setting up a pulmonary rehabilitation program in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-127

  Alsubaiei, Mohammed E ^a,b   Cafarella, Paul ^a,b   Frith, Peter ^a,b   McEvoy, R ^b   Effing, Tanja ^a,b  

^a Central Adelaide Local Health Network   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; chronic obstructive; general; hospitals; pulmonary disease; rehabilitation; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SAUDI ARABIA; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84964862575     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.180028     Document Type: Article

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