An Australian general practice based strategy to improve chronic disease prevention, and its impact on patient reported outcomes: Evaluation of the preventive evidence into practice cluster randomised controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Harris, Mark Fort ^a   Parker, Sharon M ^a   Litt, John ^b   Van Driel, Mieke ^c   Russell, Grant ^d   Mazza, Danielle ^d   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Smith, Jane ^e   Del Mar, Chris ^e   Lane, Riki ^d   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Delivery of health care; Evidence based medicine; Family practice; Primary health care; Primary prevention; Quality improvement; practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85029107865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2586-4     Document Type: Article

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