The role of 'confounding by indication' in assessing the effect of quality of care on disease outcomes in general practice: Results of a case-control study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  De Koning, Johan S ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^b   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Prins, Ad ^a   Borsboom, Gerard J J M ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 14544289602     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-10     Document Type: Review

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