Differences in patient outcomes and chronic care management of oral anticoagulant therapy: An explorative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Drewes, Hanneke W ^a,b   Lambooij, Mattijs S ^b   Baan, Caroline A ^b   Meijboom, Bert R ^a   Graafmans, Wilco C ^b   Westert, Gert P ^a,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79251582507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-18     Document Type: Article

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