Impact of end user involvement in implementing guidelines on routine pre-operative tests

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-327

  Barazzoni, Fabrizio ^a   Grilli, Roberto ^e   Amicosante, Anna Maria Vincenza ^f   Brescianini, Sonia ^f   Marca, Michele A ^a   Baggi, Marco ^b   Biegger, Paul ^c   Renella, Rezio ^d  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b Ospedale Beata Vergine   (Switzerland)

^c Ospedale La Carita   (Switzerland)

^d Ospedale Civico Lugano   (Switzerland)

^e Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale   (Italy)

^f National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implementation; Practice guidelines; Pre operative tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; UREMIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATININE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SWITZERLAND; UREMIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

CREATININE;

EID: 0035990804     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/14.4.321     Document Type: Article

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