Measuring compliance with preventive care guidelines: Standardized patients, clinical vignettes, and the medical record

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 782-788

  Dresselhaus, Timothy R ^a,b   Peabody, John W ^d   Lee, Martin ^d   Wang, Ming Ming ^c   Luck, Jeff ^d  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Physician practice; Preventive care guidelines

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033713273     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.91007.x     Document Type: Article

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