Optimizing practice through research: A new perspective to solve an old problem

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 459-462

  Kottke, Thomas E ^a   Solberg, Leif I ^a   Nelson, Andrew F ^a   Belcher, Donald W ^b   Caplan, William ^c   Green, Lawrence W ^d   Lydick, Eva ^e   Magid, David J ^f   Rolnick, Sharon J ^a   Woolf, Steven H ^g  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LOVELACE CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice; Research; Translation

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 54349123812     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.862     Document Type: Article

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