Guidelines audit may overcome disparities in health care: Experience of an Italian region

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-302

  Salomone, M ^a   Canavese, C ^b   Bergamo, Daniela ^a   Hollo', Z ^a   Damiani, D ^a   Maffei, S ^a   Fenoglio, R ^c   Bermond, F ^c   Cantaluppi, V ^c   Quaglia, M ^d   Triolo, G ^a  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; OSTEODYSTROPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

EID: 33749043463     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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