Health services research
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Health services research · Oct 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyTargeting primary care referrals to smoking cessation clinics does not improve quit rates: implementing evidence-based interventions into practice.
To evaluate the impact of a locally adapted evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) approach to implementation of smoking cessation guidelines into routine practice. ⋯ EBQI stimulated practices to increase smoking cessation clinic referrals and try other less evidence-based interventions that did not translate into improved quit rates at a population level.