The effects of a team-based continuous quality improvement intervention on the management of primary care: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 531, 2006, Pages 781-787

  Engels, Yvonne ^a   van den Hombergh, Pieter ^a   Mokkink, Henk ^a   van den Hoogen, Henk ^a   van den Bosch, Wil ^a   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Practice management; Primary healthcare; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAMWORK;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33749640676     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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