Using continuous quality improvement to increase preventive services in clinical practice - Going beyond guidelines

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-267

  Solberg, Leif I ^a   Kottke, Thomas E ^b   Brekke, Milo L ^c   Calomeni, Carolyn A ^a   Conn, Shirley A ^d   Davidson, Gestur ^e  

^a Group Health Foundation   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Brekke Associates   (United States)

^d Blue Plus   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

CQI; managed care; Preventive services; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029887039     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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