Outreach education to improve quality of rural ICU care: Results of a randomized trial

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 418-423

  Hendryx, Michael S ^a   Fieselmann, John F ^b   Bock, M Jeanne ^b   Wakefield, Douglas S ^b   Helms, Charles M ^b   Bentler, Suzanne E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0031851771     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9608068     Document Type: Article

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