Development of national performance measures on the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-154

  Bratzler, Dale W ^a  

^a Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Evidence based medicine; Outcome assessment; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77949913995     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-009-0407-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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