Quality improvement at the national level. Lessons from the cooperative cardiovascular project

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 525-536

  Marciniak, Thomas A ^a   Mosedale, Linda ^a   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^b  

^a Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031725980     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016327879802100410     Document Type: Review

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