Costs of the treatment of leg ulcers: Initiating a quality assurance process

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Faresjö, Tomas ^a   Frödin, Thomas ^a   Vahlquist, Carin ^a   Klevbrand, Maria ^a   Elfström, Johan ^a   Leszniewska, Danuta ^b   Larsson, Alice ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030628737     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526869710167049     Document Type: Article

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