Association between primary care physicians' evidence-based medicine knowledge and quality of care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-23

  Shuval, Kerem ^a   Linn, Shai ^a,f   Brezis, Mayer ^b   Shadmi, Efrat ^a   Green, Michael L ^c   Reis, Shmuel ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Telemedicine and Personalized Medicine   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^f RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77952563709     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp054     Document Type: Article

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