Association between practice size and quality of care of patients with ischaemic heart disease: cross sectional study.
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Muthoni for conducting the interviews in Kenya and Allison Worth and Judith Brown for reviewing data analysis in Scotland and Kenya, respectively. We thank Kirsty Boyd and Derek Doyle for commenting on drafts of this paper and Arthur Andere, James Mwenda, and Jane Njeru, members of the advisory group which provided support in Kenya. Contributors: See bmj.com Funding: These studies were funded in Scotland by a grant from the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive, and in Kenya by a donation from an Edinburgh patient to Edinburgh University. Competing interests: None declared.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 326 7385 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003