Best practices for developing cardiovascular quality indicators

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1516-1519

  Tu, Jack V ^a,b,c,d   Abrahamyan, Lusine ^a,e   Donovan, Linda R ^a   Boom, Nicole ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84886946930     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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