From understanding health care provider behavior to improving health care: The QUERI framework for quality improvement

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,b,c,e   Mittman, Brian S ^a,c   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Mulrow, Cynthia D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes and process assessment; Physicians; Quality of patient care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0034203974     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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