Practice visits as a tool in quality improvement: Acceptance and feasibility

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-171

  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

Educational assessment; Facilitator; Feasibility; Outreach visit; Peer review; Practice management; Practice visit

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0032881148     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.8.3.167     Document Type: Article

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