Clinical practice guidelines: A tool to measure variance

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-28

  Tobin, Margaret ^b   Wilson, Andrew ^c   Codyre, David ^d   Rosen, Alan ^e   Barton, David ^a  

^a North Western Mental Health   (Australia)

^b S Australian Mental Health Services   (Australia)

^c McKesson Asia Pacific   (Australia)

^d Helath Innovations and Linkages   (New Zealand)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Quality Improvement

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; RISK; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CLASS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0038555519     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.2003.00522.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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