Bringing staff on board: Creating an outcomes project tied to continuous quality improvement in an adult community residential service

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-232

  Kersten, E ^a   Wilkinson, K ^b   Wright, S ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult residential programs; Client outcomes; Continuous quality improvement; Program improvement; Psychiatric care; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000831477     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(99)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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