Transition in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany: Results of a Nationwide Patient Survey

Transition in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany: Results of a Nationwide Patient Survey

BackgroundA growing number of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) pose a particular challenge for health care systems across the world. Upon turning into 18 years, under the German national health care system, ACHD patients are required to switch from a pediatric to an adult cardiologist or...

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Main Authors: Paul C. Helm, Harald Kaemmerer, Günter Breithardt, Elisabeth J. Sticker, Roland Keuchen, Rhoia Neidenbach, Gerhard-Paul Diller, Oktay Tutarel, Ulrike M. M. Bauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
transition
congenital heart disease
online survey
adult with congenital heart disease
treatment
lost to follow-up
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00115/full

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