Using hospital administrative data to evaluate the knowledge-to-action gap in pressure ulcer preventive care

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 375-382

  Van Herck, Pieter ^a   Sermeus, Walter ^a   Jylha, Virpi ^b   Michiels, Dominik ^a,c   Van Den Heede, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Access; Evaluation; Evidence based medicine; Health care quality; Medical informatics applications; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849088814     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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