Using clinical vignettes to assess quality of care for acute respiratory infections

Inquiry (United States)

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gidengil, Courtney A ^a,b,c   Linder, Jeffrey A ^d,e   Beach, Scott ^e   Setodji, Claude M ^a   Hunter, Gerald ^a   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,c,f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory tract infection; Ambulatory care; Antibiotic overuse; Antibiotic use; Antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84975450461     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: 19457243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0046958016636531     Document Type: Article

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