What strategies do us hospitals employ to reduce unwarranted clinical practice variations?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-126

  Gauld, Robin ^a   Horwitt, Jedediah ^b   Williams, Sheila ^a   Cohen, Alan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

case studies; survey; unwarranted clinical practice variations; US hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952587064     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610375107     Document Type: Article

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