The effectiveness of a semi-tailored facilitator-based intervention to optimise chronic care management in general practice: A stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Due, Tina Drud ^a   Thorsen, Thorkil ^a   Kousgaard, Marius Brostrøm ^a   Siersma, Volkert Dirk ^a   Waldorff, Frans Boch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

COPD; Diabetes; Disease management programmes; Facilitation; General practice; Implementation; Outreach visits; RCT

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOFTWARE; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899475370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-65     Document Type: Article

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