Business approaches to quality improvement: Why they are hard for the NHS to swallow

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-110

  Pollitt, Christopher ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMERCE; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; STATE MEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030167362     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.5.2.104     Document Type: Article

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