Rational Prescribing in Primary care (RaPP): Process evaluation of an intervention to improve prescribing of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs

Implementation Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Fretheim, Atle ^a   Håvelsrud, Kari ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^a  

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

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EID: 34248158086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-1-19     Document Type: Article

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