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'''Clinical practice variation''' is a component of [[health care quality assurance]]. | '''Clinical practice variation''' is a component of [[health care quality assurance]]. | ||
An example is the variation in management of [[atrial fibrillation]] in the emergency room<ref name="pmid20864213">{{cite journal| author=Stiell IG, Clement CM, Brison RJ, Rowe BH, Borgundvaag B, Langhan T et al.| title=Variation in management of recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter among academic hospital emergency departments. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2011 | volume= 57 | issue= 1 | pages= 13-21 | pmid=20864213 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.07.005 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20864213 }} </ref> and end-of-life expenses in [[Medicare]] patients<ref name="pmid21320939">{{cite journal| author=Kelley AS, Ettner SL, Morrison RS, Du Q, Wenger NS, Sarkisian CA| title=Determinants of medical expenditures in the last 6 months of life. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2011 | volume= 154 | issue= 4 | pages= 235-42 | pmid=21320939 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-154-4-201102150-00004 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21320939 }} </ref>. | An example is the variation in management of [[atrial fibrillation]] in the emergency room<ref name="pmid20864213">{{cite journal| author=Stiell IG, Clement CM, Brison RJ, Rowe BH, Borgundvaag B, Langhan T et al.| title=Variation in management of recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter among academic hospital emergency departments. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2011 | volume= 57 | issue= 1 | pages= 13-21 | pmid=20864213 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.07.005 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20864213 }} </ref>, admission decisions for pneumonia<ref name="pmid21907451">{{cite journal| author=Dean NC, Jones JP, Aronsky D, Brown S, Vines CG, Jones BE et al.| title=Hospital Admission Decision for Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Variability Among Physicians in an Emergency Department. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2011 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=21907451 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.07.032 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21907451 }} </ref>, and end-of-life expenses in [[Medicare]] patients<ref name="pmid21320939">{{cite journal| author=Kelley AS, Ettner SL, Morrison RS, Du Q, Wenger NS, Sarkisian CA| title=Determinants of medical expenditures in the last 6 months of life. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2011 | volume= 154 | issue= 4 | pages= 235-42 | pmid=21320939 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-154-4-201102150-00004 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21320939 }} </ref>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:42, 12 October 2011
Clinical practice variation is a component of health care quality assurance.
An example is the variation in management of atrial fibrillation in the emergency room[1], admission decisions for pneumonia[2], and end-of-life expenses in Medicare patients[3].
References
- ↑ Stiell IG, Clement CM, Brison RJ, Rowe BH, Borgundvaag B, Langhan T et al. (2011). "Variation in management of recent-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter among academic hospital emergency departments.". Ann Emerg Med 57 (1): 13-21. DOI:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.07.005. PMID 20864213. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Dean NC, Jones JP, Aronsky D, Brown S, Vines CG, Jones BE et al. (2011). "Hospital Admission Decision for Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Variability Among Physicians in an Emergency Department.". Ann Emerg Med. DOI:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.07.032. PMID 21907451. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Kelley AS, Ettner SL, Morrison RS, Du Q, Wenger NS, Sarkisian CA (2011). "Determinants of medical expenditures in the last 6 months of life.". Ann Intern Med 154 (4): 235-42. DOI:10.1059/0003-4819-154-4-201102150-00004. PMID 21320939. Research Blogging.