TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of patient navigation on enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation
AU  - Benz Scott L, Gravely S, Sexton TR, Brzostek S, Brown DL
Y1  - 2013/02/11
N1  - 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.1042
JO  - JAMA Internal Medicine
SP  - 244
EP  - 246
VL  - 173
IS  - 3
N2  - 
Globally, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.1 Secondary prevention measures, such as outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (OCR), effectively reduce this burden.2- 3 Randomized controlled trials and quantitative reviews demonstrate that OCR programs result in significant reductions in morbidity, mortality, and cost of care compared with usual care. Despite this evidence, referral to and enrollment in OCR is low, averaging 19% in the United States.4 It is important to identify new approaches to improve enrollment in OCR because there are limited intervention studies targeting participation among eligible cardiac patients.2,5- 6

SN  - 2168-6106
M3  - doi: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.1042
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.1042
ER  -