Adapting valid clinical guidelines for use in primary care in low and middle income countries

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-137

  Rashidian, Arash ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Health Management and Economics ^*

^b Center for Academic and Health Policy (CAHP)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY CARE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 51349103033     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2008.00055     Document Type: Editorial

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