Texas Medication Algorithm Project: Definitions, rationale, and methods to develop medication algorithms

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 345-351

  Gilbert, Don A ^a,d   Altshuler, Kenneth Z ^c   Rago, William V ^a   Shon, Steven P ^a   Crismon, M Lynn ^b   Toprac, Marcia G ^a   Rush, A John ^c  

^a Texas Dept Mental Hlth Mental R   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Texas Health and Human Services Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG INDICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0031876973     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v59n0702     Document Type: Article

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