General practitioners' preferences for interventions to improve guideline adherence

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 820-826

  Lugtenberg, Marjolein ^a,b   Burgers, Jako S ^c   Han, Dolly ^a   Westert, Gert P ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical practice guidelines; general practice; general practitioners; guideline adherence; implementation; interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVENTION STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923029112     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12209     Document Type: Article

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