Improving outpatient care of depression by implementing practice guidelines: A controlled clinical trial

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Bermejo, Isaac ^a   Schneider, Frank ^b   Kriston, Levente ^a   Gaebel, Wolfgang ^c   Hegerl, Ulrich ^d   Berger, Mathias ^a   Härter, Martin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Depression; Implementation; Outpatient health care system; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY CONTROL; REMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58849149433     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn050     Document Type: Article

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