Quality improvement report: A framework for tobacco control: Lessons learnt from Veterans Health Administration

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7651, 2008, Pages 1016-1019

  Sherman, Scott E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SMOKING CESSATION; VETERAN; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEM; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COUNSELING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 43249091845     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39510.805266.BE     Document Type: Review

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