Improving quality of care for depression: The German Action Programme for the implementation of evidence-based guidelines

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Härter, Martin ^a   Bermejo, Isaac ^a   Ollenschläger, Günter ^b   Schneider, Frank ^c   Gaebel, Wolfgang ^d   Hegerl, Ulrich ^e   Niebling, Wilhelm ^a   Berger, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Agency for Quality in Medicine   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Evidence based guidelines; Health care system; Implementation; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SUICIDE;

EID: 33645544361     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi089     Document Type: Review

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