Clinical practice guidelines: The Boston experience

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Poppleton, Valerie K ^a   Moynihan, Paula J ^a   Hickey, Patricia A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Congenital heart disease; Outcome measures; Quality improvement; Variance tracking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242353070     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9813(03)00080-8     Document Type: Article

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