Evaluating healthcare policies: The case of clinical audit

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7109, 1997, Pages 668-671

  Lord, Joanne ^a   Littlejohns, Peter ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030955265     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7109.668     Document Type: Short Survey

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