A national survey of audit activity across the primary-secondary care interface

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Eccles, M P ^a   Deverill, M ^a   McColl, E ^a   Richardson, H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Primary secondary care interface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE; WALES;

EID: 0030341673     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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