A cost-effective method to characterize variation in clinical practice

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-196

  Chang, Kenneth ^a   Sauereisen, Sandra ^a   Dlutowski, Mark ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a   Nash, David B ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033000656     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01632789922034257     Document Type: Article

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