ArticleQuality in health care : QHC1999
Influences on clinical practice: the case of glue ear.
Article in Quality in health care : QHC, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bayes' theorem: a negative example of a RCT on grommets in children with glue ear.European journal of epidemiology · 2005Trial
- Have guidelines affected ear, nose, and throat specialists' diagnoses and the prescription of antibiotics for acute otitis media?Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2012Article
- The contribution of case study research to knowledge of how to improve quality of care.BMJ quality & safety · 2011Article
- Developing the protocol for the evaluation of the health foundation's 'engaging with quality initiative' - an emergent approach.Implementation science : IS · 2008Article
- Methods for evaluation of small scale quality improvement projects.Quality & safety in health care · 2003Article
- Reduction in the use of surgery for glue ear: did national guidelines have an impact?Quality & safety in health care · 2002Article
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Abstract
A case study of clinical practice in children with glue ear is presented. The case is part of a larger project, funded by the North Thames Research and Development Programme, that sought to explore the part played by clinicians in the implementation of research and development into practice in two areas: adult asthma and glue ear in children. What is striking about this case is the differences found in every area of the analysis. That is, diversity was found in views about diagnosis and treatment of glue ear; the organisation of related services; and in the reported practice of our interviewees, both between particular groupings of clinical staff and within these groupings. The challenge inherent in the case is to go beyond describing the complexity and differences that were found, and look for patterns in the accounts of practice and tease out why such patterns may occur.
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