Quality of care in stroke prevention: Results of an audit study among general practitioners

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-136

  De Koning, Johan S ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^b   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Prins, Ad ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^c   Kleyweg, Ruud P ^d   Neven, Arie Knuistingh ^e   Van Ree, Jan W ^f   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^g   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Primary Care Center Ommoord   (Netherlands)

^d Merwede Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Clinical practice guidelines; General practice; Quality assessment; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

EID: 9144221991     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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