Effectiveness of Improvement Plans in Primary Care Practice Accreditation: A Clustered Randomized Trial
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Effectiveness of Improvement Plans in Primary Care Practice Accreditation: A Clustered Randomized Trial
BACKGROUND Accreditation of healthcare organizations is a widely used method to assess and improve quality of healthcare. Our aim was to determine the effectiveness of improvement plans in practice accreditation of primary care practices, focusing on cardiovascular risk management (CVRM). METHOD A two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial with a block design was conducted with measurements ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114045