Prioritizing areas for quality marker development in children in UK general practice: Extending the use of the nominal group technique

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Gill, Peter J ^a,b   Hewitson, Paul ^a   Peile, Ed ^c   Harnden, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus development; Family practice; Paediatrics; Primary care; Quality markers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSENSUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867131865     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms006     Document Type: Article

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