Setting standards for effectiveness: A comparison of expert panels and decision analysis

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-263

  Bernstein, Steven J ^a,b   Hofer, Timothy P ^a,b   Meijler, Annejet P ^c   Rigter, Henk ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Effectiveness; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NETHERLANDS; NEW YORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030954686     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/9.4.255     Document Type: Article

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