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V Bittner1, B Sanderson, J Breland
1Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0007, USA. VBITTNER@UAB.EDU
The American Journal of Cardiology
|March 12, 1999
Abstract:
Referral rates to our cardiac rehabilitation program among patients hospitalized for coronary heart disease were computed over an 18-month period. Only 8.7% of eligible patients were referred, suggesting that more education targeting physicians, patients, and insurers is needed and barriers to participation must be systematically addressed.
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