Changing health care quality paradigms: The rise of clinical guidelines and quality measures in American medicine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1933-1937

  Nigam, Amit ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Content analysis; Health care quality; Medical profession; Quality measures; United States

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; PARADIGM SHIFT; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866933865     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.038     Document Type: Review

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