Key findings of the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's clinical practice benchmarking project

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages

  Boyle, Michael P ^a   Sabadosa, Kathryn A ^b   Quinton, Hebe B ^b   Marshall, Bruce C ^c   Schechter, Michael S ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPOWERMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REGISTER; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896511421     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002369     Document Type: Article

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