General practitioners' adherence to evidence-based guidelines: A multilevel analysis

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-76

  Fantini, Maria Pia ^a   Compagni, Amelia ^b   Rucci, Paola ^a   Mimmi, Stefano ^a   Longo, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; organizational models; primary care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 82555192461     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e31822241cf     Document Type: Article

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