Adherence to practice guidelines: The role of specialty society guidelines

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-26

  Leape, Lucian L ^a   Weissman, Joel S ^b,f   Schneider, Eric C ^a,c   Piana, Robert N ^d   Gatsonis, Constantine ^e   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,c,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0037222584     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.35     Document Type: Article

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