Assessment of quality guidelines implementation using a continuous quality improvement programme

Blood Purification

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-228

  Richards, Nick ^a,f   Ayala, Juan Antonio ^b   Cesare, Salvatore ^c   Chazot, Charles ^d   Di Benedetto, Attilio ^c   Gassia, Jean Paul ^d   Merello, Jose Ignacio ^b   Rentero, Ramon ^b   Scatizzi, Laura ^e   Marcelli, Daniele ^e  

^a Fresenius Medical Care UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Fresenius Medical Care Spain   (Spain)

^c NephroCare Italy   (Italy)

^d NephroCare France   (France)

^e FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE   (Germany)

^f Fresenius Medical Care Renal Service Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Quality guidelines; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

IRON; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PARAMETER; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 34447544492     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101026     Document Type: Article

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