Development and evaluation of an implementation strategy for the German guideline on community-acquired pneumonia

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 498-502

  Schnoor, M ^d   Meyer, T ^a   Suttorp, N ^b   Raspe, H ^a   Welte, T ^c   Schafer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78650409717     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029629     Document Type: Article

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