Preliminary report of data collection in hospital quality assurance programs - A project of the association of hospitals of the Czech Republic

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 577-582

  Farmer, Richard G ^a   Marx, David ^b   Roithova, Zuzana ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; BED OCCUPANCY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030332780     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.6.577     Document Type: Article

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