Clinical Effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation utilisation and the barriers to its completion among patients of low socioeconomic status living in rural areas: a mixed methods study
Alline Beleigoli,
Hila Ariela Dafny,
Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundLow socioeconomic status (LSES) and rurality are associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes and reduced cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation.AimTo investigate CR utilization and effectiveness, factors, needs and barriers associated with non-completion among patients of LSES in rural Australia.MethodsThrough a concurrent triangulation mixed methods design we converged the results of a retrospective cohort and a qualitative study. A Cox survival model applied to a population balanced by inverse … Show more
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