Measuring performance in child welfare: Secondary effects of success

Child Welfare

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-51

  Usher, Charles L ^a   Wildfire, Judith B ^a   Gibbs, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALABAMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NORTH CAROLINA; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0032608091     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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