Towards excellence in asthma management: Final report of an eight-year program aimed at reducing care gaps in asthma management in Quebec

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 302-310

  Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a   Dorval, Eileen ^b   Labrecque, Manon ^c   Turgeon, Michel ^d   Montague, Terrence ^e   Thivierge, Robert L ^f  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Sainte Foy Pediatric Clinic   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma treatment; Continuing medical education; Disease management; Guidelines implementation; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 57349196355     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/323740     Document Type: Review

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