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. 2023 Nov 1;43(6):E23-E25.
doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000817. Epub 2023 Aug 29.

Assessing the Readability and Quality of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Websites in Michigan

Alexandra I Mansour  1 , Whitney Fu, Max Fliegner, James W Stewart 2nd, Steven J Keteyian, Michael P Thompson
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Assessing the Readability and Quality of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Websites in Michigan

Alexandra I Mansour et al. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. .
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Figure 1.
Average overall scores for all CR program websites by specified DISCERN quality domain. Circles represent the averaged rating of the quality domain for all reviewers. Bracketed lines represent the standard deviation.
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