Sustained improvement in pediatricians' ADHD practice behaviors in the context of a community-based quality improvement initiative

Children's Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-311

  Epstein, Jeffery N ^a,b   Langberg, Joshua M ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Philip K ^a,b   Kolb, Rebecca C ^b   Stark, Lori J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 78049516644     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2010.515931     Document Type: Article

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