Practice characteristics and performance of primary care practitioners

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Hargraves, J Lee ^a   Palmer, R Heather ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Wright, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Organizational factors; Performance measurement; Practice guidelines; Primary care; Quality assurance; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17544403302     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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