The ambulatory care medical audit demonstration project: Research design

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Palmer, R Heather ^a   Hargraves, J Lee ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Performance measurement; Practice guidelines; Primary care; Quality assurance; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030240811     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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