Feasibility of a national cholesterol guideline in daily practice. A randomized controlled trial in 20 general practices

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Van Der Weijden, Trudy ^a   Grol, Richard P T M ^a,b   Knottnerus, J André ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; General practice; Preventive health care; Quality assurance; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032915884     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/11.2.131     Document Type: Article

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