Proposed standards for quality improvement research and publication: one step forward and two steps back.

What it found

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Who cites it

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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Why new guidelines for reporting improvement research? And why now?2005
• Comment on
  Broadening the view of evidence-based medicine.2005
• Comment on
  Consensus publication guidelines: the next step in the science of quality improvement?2005
• Comment on
  Toward stronger evidence on quality improvement. Draft publication guidelines: the beginning of a consensus project.2005

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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