Practice visits as a tool in quality improvement: Mutual visits and feedback by peers compared with visits and feedback by non-physician observers

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-166

  Van Den Hombergh, P ^a   Grol, R ^a   Van Den Hoogen, H J M ^a   Van Den Bosch, W J H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audit; Educational assessment; Outreach visit; Peer review; Practice management; Practice visit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEER REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032836202     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.8.3.161     Document Type: Article

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