Publication guidelines for quality improvement studies in health care: Evolution of the SQUIRE project

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7691, 2009, Pages 402-404

  Davidoff, Frank ^a   Batalden, Paul ^b   Stevens, David ^b   Ogrinc, Greg ^b,c   Mooney, Susan E ^b,d  

^a Institute for Healthcare Improvement   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOLOGY;

CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; FORECASTING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 61849083631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a3152     Document Type: Short Survey

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