Does telling people what they have been doing change what they do? A systematic review of the effects of audit and feedback

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 433-436

  Jamtvedt, Gro ^a   Young, Jane M ^b   Kristoffersen, Doris T ^a   O'Brien, Mary Ann ^c   Oxman, Andrew D ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33845905751     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.018549     Document Type: Article

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