The quality and outcomes management connection

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 80-89

  Houston, Susan ^b   Miller, Ruth ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; outcomes management; outcomes measurement; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031024651     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-199719040-00009     Document Type: Review

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