Implementing a hospital guideline on pneumonia: A semi-quantitative review

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 358-367

  Cortoos, Pieter Jan ^a   Simoens, Steven ^a   Peetermans, Willy ^a   Willems, Ludo ^b   Laekeman, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Implementation; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36549049945     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm045     Document Type: Review

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