Improving quality of organizing cardiovascular preventive care in general practice by outreach visitors: A randomized controlled trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 422-429

  Lobo, Claudia M ^a   Frijling, Bernard D ^b   Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^b   Bernsen, Roos M D ^a   Braspenning, Jozé C ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^b   Prins, Ad ^a   Van Der Wouden, Johannes C ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular care; General practice; Organization; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036434360     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1095     Document Type: Article

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