Rolling down the runway: The challenges ahead for quality report cards

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1691-1696

  Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032479031     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.21.1691     Document Type: Review

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