Implementing guidelines and innovations in general practice: Which interventions are effective?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 427, 1998, Pages 991-997

  Wensing, Michel ^a   Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^b   Grol, Richard ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Guidelines; Implementation strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0031884537     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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