Improving the use of benzodiazepines-Is it possible? A non-systematic review of interventions tried in the last 20 years

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smith, Alesha J ^a   Tett, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78651410789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-321     Document Type: Article

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