A multimethod quality improvement intervention to improve preventive cardiovascular care: A cluster randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 523-532

  Ornstein, Steven ^a   Jenkins, Ruth G ^b   Nietert, Paul J ^b   Feifer, Chris ^b   Roylance, Loraine F ^b   Nemeth, Lynne ^b   Corley, Sarah ^b   Dickerson, Lori ^b   Bradford, W David ^b   Litvin, Cara ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

EID: 5344275219     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-7-200410050-00008     Document Type: Article

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