Do clinical guidelines reduce clinician dependent costs?

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kosimbei, George ^a   Hanson, Kara ^b   English, Mike ^c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PARACETAMOL;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICIAN DEPENDENT COST; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDLINE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 79959207462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-24     Document Type: Review

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