Healthcare system inputs and patient-reported outcomes: a study in adults with congenital heart defect from 15 countries

• Main Authors: Liesbet Van Bulck (Author), Eva Goossens (Author), Koen Luyckx (Author), Silke Apers (Author), Erwin Oechslin (Author), Corina Thomet (Author), Werner Budts (Author), Junko Enomoto (Author), Maayke A. Sluman (Author), Chun-Wei Lu (Author), Jamie L. Jackson (Author), Paul Khairy (Author), Stephen C. Cook (Author), Shanthi Chidambarathanu (Author), Luis Alday (Author), Katrine Eriksen (Author), Mikael Dellborg (Author), Malin Berghammer (Author), Bengt Johansson (Author), Andrew S. Mackie (Author), Samuel Menahem (Author), Maryanne Caruana (Author), Gruschen Veldtman (Author), Alexandra Soufi (Author), Susan M. Fernandes (Author), Kamila White (Author), Edward Callus (Author), Shelby Kutty (Author), Philip Moons (Author), on behalf of the APPROACH-IS consortium and the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The relationship between healthcare system inputs (e.g., human resources and infrastructure) and mortality has been extensively studied. However, the association between healthcare system inputs and patient-reported outcomes remains unclear. Hence, we explored the predictive valu...