Improving outcomes for people with COPD by developing networks of general practices: Evaluation of a quality improvement project in east London

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hull, Sally ^a   Mathur, Rohini ^a   Lloyd Owen, Simon ^b   Round, Thomas ^c   Robson, John ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SELF CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONDON; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937058949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.82     Document Type: Article

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