A short course of cardiac rehabilitation program is highly cost effective in improving long-term quality of life in patients with recent myocardial infarction or percutaneous coronary intervention

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1915-1922

  Yu, Cheuk Man ^a   Lau, Chu Pak ^b   Chau, June ^b   McGhee, Sarah ^c   Kong, Shun Ling ^a   Cheung, Bernard Man Yung ^b   Li, Leonard Sheung Wai ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Exercise therapy; Myocardial ischemia; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONEY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 9944222733     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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