Impact of quality circles for improvement of asthma care: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Schneider, Antonius ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a   Biessecker, Kathrin ^a   Quinzler, Renate ^a   Kaufmann Kolle, Petra ^b   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AQUA Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Health Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Emergency visit; General practice; Hospitalization; Quality circle; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CIRCLE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ASTHMA; BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40449096431     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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