Can policy drive quality?

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Klein, Rudolf ^a  

^a KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032415830     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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