Improved delivery of cardiovascular care (IDOCC) through outreach facilitation: Study protocol and implementation details of a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Liddy, Clare ^a,b   Hogg, William ^a,b,c   Russell, Grant ^d,e   Wells, George ^c,f   Armstrong, Catherine D ^c   Akbari, Ayub ^c   Dahrouge, Simone ^a   Taljaard, Monica ^c,g   Mayo Bruinsma, Liesha ^a,c   Singh, Jatinderpreet ^a   Cornett, Alex ^a,h  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053371926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-110     Document Type: Article

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