Does spirometry training in general practice improve quality and outcomes of asthma care?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-553

  Holton, Christine ^a   Crockett, Alan ^a   Nelson, Mark ^b   Ryan, Philip ^a   Wood baker, Richard ^b   Stocks, Nigel ^a   Briggs, Nancy ^a   Beilby, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Primary care; Randomized controlled trial; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPIROMETRY; TASMANIA;

EID: 80052724890     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr039     Document Type: Article

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