Practice guidelines in Finland: Availability and quality

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Varonen, Helena ^a   Mäkelä, Marjukka ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Dept of Research and Development ^*

Author keywords

Practice guidelines; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0031159359     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.2.75     Document Type: Article

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