Key result
An automatic physician referral system for cardiac rehabilitation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery resulted in 60.0% of eligible patients attending an intake appointment.
Why the study?
Does automatic physician referral improve cardiac rehabilitation intake and enrollment in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Population
3,536 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery between 1 April 1996 and 31 March 2000…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May boost post-CABG cardiac rehabilitation intake; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Cohort (n=3,536)
No
Does automatic physician referral improve cardiac rehabilitation intake and enrollment in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
An institutionalized automatic referral system results in high rates of cardiac rehabilitation intake (60%) and enrollment following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Smith et al. (2006) conducted a cohort in Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (n=3,536). Automatic physician referral to cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated on Attendance to cardiac rehabilitation intake appointment. An automatic physician referral system for cardiac rehabilitation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery resulted in 60.0% of eligible patients attending an intake appointment.
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