Total Quality Management and Physicians’ Clinical Decisions

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 21, 1993, Pages 2775-2778

  Blumenthal, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027315409     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500210075035     Document Type: Article

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