A primer on leading the improvement of systems

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7031, 1996, Pages 619-622

  Berwick, Donald M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029936678     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7031.619     Document Type: Short Survey

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