Implementation of a politically initiated national clinical guideline for cardiac rehabilitation in hospitals and municipalities in Denmark

Cecilie Lindström Egholm, Henriette Knold Rossau, Per Nilsen, Gitte Bunkenborg, Morten Hulvej Rod, Patrick Doherty, Paul Bartels, Lotte Helmark and Ann-Dorthe Zwisler

Health Policy, 2018, vol. 122, issue 9, 1043-1051

Abstract: A politically initiated national clinical guideline was launched in Denmark in 2013 to improve quality and equality of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) services. The guideline is to be implemented in both hospital and community (municipality) settings due to shared responsibility for provision of CR services. Little is known about implementation outcomes of a guideline in these two settings. We aimed to study this by determining the extent to which Danish CR services in hospitals and municipalities adhered to national recommendations following the launch of the guideline.

Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; Implementation; Clinical guideline; Quality improvement; Hospital; Municipality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.07.015

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