Measuring the effect of clinical guidelines on patient outcomes

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1013-1023

  Marshall, Deborah A ^a   Simpson, Kit N ^a   Norton, Edward C ^a   Biddle, Andrea K ^a   Youle, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Longitudinal studies; Outcome assessment (health care); Practice guidelines; Proportional hazards models

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033638326     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300103083     Document Type: Review

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