Randomised trials in general practice - A New Zealand experience in recruitment

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1186, 2003, Pages

  Pearl, Ann ^a   Wright, Susan ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Doughty, Robert ^a   Sharpe, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0642281979     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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