How Good Is the Quality of Health Care in the United States?

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-563

  Schuster, Mark A ^a   McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^b   Brook, Robert H ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032245559     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00105     Document Type: Article

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