Finding and using routine clinical datasets for observational research and quality improvement.

Br J Gen Pract

Population and Behavioural Science, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK; Gordon F Cheesbrough research chair, North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; adjunct scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario, Canada.

Published: March 2018

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