Standards for practice: effectiveness and acceptance.
Journal Article
Carefully designed and highly specific standards for medical practice can improve the pattern of practice when applied by interested and committed physicians or by other similarly motivated health care providers. However, this is not popular with the physician, and the improved pattern of practice is dependent on continued feedback. The standards must be designed with a specific population and setting in mind; therefore it is unlikely that an effective operational plan can be devised and implemented that will achieve improved practice patterns in the immediate future. Meanwhile, more general standards might be used to identify a smaller number of cases, which can then be reviewed by other physicians, using professionally accepted but subjective practice criteria.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Estes, EH; Sullivan, RJ
Published Date
- November 1, 1978
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 89 / 5 Pt 2 Suppl
Start / End Page
- 826 - 828
PubMed ID
- 363001
Pubmed Central ID
- 363001
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0003-4819
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.7326/0003-4819-89-5-826
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States