The role of peer review in internal quality assurance in cytopathology

Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-313

  Zardawi, Ibrahim M ^a,b   Bennett, Genevieve ^a   Jain, Sanjiv ^a   Brown, Michael ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Continuing medical education; Cytology; FNA; Inter observer variability; Internal quality assurance; Pap smear; Performance monitoring; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; COST; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032132919     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029800169506     Document Type: Article

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