Why are women missing from outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs

Overview Fingerprint. Abstract Objectives: The objectives of this paper are to 1 systematically review the evidence for patient, provider, and programmatic factors that may influence women's referral to, enrollment in, and completion of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and 2 make empirically based recommendations for future women's health research.

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A review of multilevel factors affecting referral, enrollment, and completion ', Journal of Women's Health , vol. Journal of Women's Health. Advocating for health care coverage that includes cardiac rehabilitation services for persons that have coronary artery disease or have had a previous heart attack. Potential Partners: AHA affiliate, business and human resource management, employee associations, unions, third—party payers, health care providers, local policymakers.

Advocating for equality in access to rehabilitation services for all persons, including women and members of diverse populations. Potential Partners: primary care associations, federally-qualified health centers, managed care organizations, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, American Heart Association AHA , rehabilitation and medical associations. Goals of Cardiac Rehabilitation 6. Improve functional capacity and quality of life.

Reduce risk of sudden death and subsequent heart attack. Ease angina pectoris symptoms. Prevent progression of underlying disease. Get Email Updates. To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address: Email Address. What's this? Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website.

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