A trial of education, prompts, and opinion leaders to improve prescription of lipid modifying therapy by primary care physicians for patients with ischemic heart disease

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 258-263

  Bloomfield, H E ^a   Nelson, D B ^a   Van Ryn, M ^a   Neil, B J ^a   Koets, N J ^a   Basile, J N ^b   Samaha, F F ^c   Kaul, R ^d   Mehta, J L ^e   Bouland, D ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Fargo VA Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 23644451930     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.012617     Document Type: Article

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