Bridging evidence-practice gaps: Improving use of medicines in elderly Australian veterans

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Roughead, Elizabeth E ^a   Kalisch Ellett, Lisa M ^a   Ramsay, Emmae N ^b   Pratt, Nicole L ^b   Barratt, John D ^a   Leblanc, Vanessa T ^a   Ryan, Philip ^b   Peck, Robert ^c   Killer, Graeme ^c   Gilbert, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Department of Veterans' Affairs ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Evidence based practice; Health promotion; Quality improvement; Quality use of medicines; Translational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VETERAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 84889961898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-514     Document Type: Article

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