Cluster randomized trial of a multilevel evidence-based quality improvement approach to tailoring VA Patient Aligned Care Teams to the needs of women Veterans

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Darling, Jill E ^a,e   Hamilton, Alison B ^a,c   Canelo, Ismelda ^a   Chuang, Emmeline ^b   Meredith, Lisa S ^d   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,c,d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based quality improvement; Implementation; Patient centered medical home; Veterans; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84978829349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0461-z     Document Type: Article

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