Measurement of quality in health care

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 584-587

  Lanska, Douglas J ^a   Hartz, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0032014507     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.3.584     Document Type: Editorial

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