Understanding variation for clinical governance: An illustration using the diagnosis and treatment of sore throat

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 477, 2002, Pages 277-283

  Marshall, Tom ^a   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Lim, Hei Toon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Control chart; Diagnosis; Outlier; Treatment; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036526301     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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