The quality of care delivered to Parkinson's disease patients in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Veterans Health System

BMC Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Swarztrauber, Kari ^a   Graf, Eric ^b   Cheng, Eric ^c  

^a St John Providence Health System   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AMBULATORY CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICINE; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33747400942     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-6-26     Document Type: Review

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