Growing Literature, Stagnant Science? Systematic Review, Meta-Regression and Cumulative Analysis of Audit and Feedback Interventions in Health Care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1534-1541

  Ivers, Noah M ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^b   Jamtvedt, Gro ^c   Flottorp, Signe ^c   O’Brien, Mary Ann ^a   French, Simon D ^d   Young, Jane ^e   Odgaard Jensen, Jan ^c  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

audit and feedback; cumulative analysis; quality improvement; scientific progress; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84930887063     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2913-y     Document Type: Article

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