Cardiac Rehabilitation: Under-Utilized Globally

Advocacy for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation globally

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death globally. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based intervention recommended for patients with CVD, to prevent recurrent events and to improve quality of life. However, despite the proven benefits, only a small percentage of those would benefit from CR actually receive it worldwide. This paper by the International Co...

Under-utilized Corporate Web

Although intranets are well-established organisational information environments, many companies experience that their intranets are left under-utilised by the organisational members. Consulting the standard management literature, it seems the strategy typically advocated is tighter management control. In this study, we examine the use of and the attitudes towards an international company’s intr...

Cardiac rehabilitation: under-referral and underutilisation.

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Exploiting Under-Utilized Cores with Deferred Methods

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The Frax tool: still under utilized.