Real-effectiveness medicine-pursuing the best effectiveness in the ordinary care of patients

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-106

  Malmivaara, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Clinical skills; Cost effectiveness; Effectiveness; Evidence based medicine; Quality; Real effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAL EFFECTIVENESS MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BENCHMARKING; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873370627     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.653394     Document Type: Review

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