Does evidence-based practice improve patient outcomes? An analysis of a natural experiment in a Spanish hospital

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1059-1065

  Emparanza, Jose I ^a   Cabello, Juan B ^b   Burls, Amanda J E ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EBPimpact; evidence based health care; evidence based medicine; evidence based practice; natural experiment; service evaluation; service reorganization

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELECTION BIAS; SPAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959512635     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12460     Document Type: Article

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