How to use an article about quality improvement.

Eddy Fan; Andreas Laupacis; Peter Pronovost; Gordon H Guyatt; Dale M Needham

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How to use an article about quality improvement.

December 1, 2010

Fan E, Laupacis A, Pronovost P, et al. JAMA. 2010;304(20):2279-87.

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Part of the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature series, this article discusses quality improvement research methods and explains how to assess the effectiveness of results published in this field.

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