Variability in the performance of preventive services and in the degree of control of identified health problems: A primary care study protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bolíbar, Bonaventura ^a   Pareja, Clara ^b   Astier Pẽa, M Pilar ^c   Morán, Julio ^d   Rodríguez Blanco, Teresa ^a   Rosell Murphy, Magdalena ^a   Iglesias, Manuel ^b   Juncosa, Sebastián ^b   Mascort, Juanjo ^b   Violan, Concepció ^a   Magallón, Rosa ^e   Apezteguia, Javier ^d  

^a Research Institute University Primary Care IDIAP Jordi Gol   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

^d Unidad de Patología Crónica Compleja Servicio de Pediatría y Áreas Específicas Hospital Universitario de Navarra Servicio Navarro de Salud Osasunbidea   (Spain)

^e Centro de Salud Arrabal   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SMOKING; SPAIN; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VARIANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 51749097588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-281     Document Type: Article

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