Malerbi M C, Margarido E S, Mansur A J, da Luz P L, Bellotti G
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo. 1993 Jul-Aug;48(4):186-8.
A series of 398 patients attended in the outpatients department of a Center for heart diseases in São Paulo were interviewed by a social worker and a nurse. The greatest part of patients (62%) were living in São Paulo City, and the remaining 38% in other Brazilian cities or States. The Department of Internal Medicine of the Medical Faculty of São Paulo referred 86 (22%) of these patients to the Center, while 159 of them did not receive any primary medical attention before that. The existence of cardiological care facilities near their homes was not know to 287 (72%) of them.
圣保罗一家心脏病中心门诊部的398名患者接受了一名社会工作者和一名护士的访谈。大部分患者（62%）居住在圣保罗市，其余38%居住在巴西其他城市或州。圣保罗医学院内科将其中86名（22%）患者转诊至该中心，而其中159名患者在此之前未接受过任何初级医疗护理。287名（72%）患者不知道其家附近是否有心脏病护理设施。
