Leadership for quality improvement in group practices

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Palmer, R Heather ^a   Hargraves, J Lee ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Wright, Elizabeth A ^b   Louis, Thomas A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Leaders; Performance measurement; Practice guidelines; Primary care; Quality assurance; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030240177     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199609002-00005     Document Type: Article

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