Assessment of physician performance in Alberta: The physician achievement review

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-57

  Hall, William ^a,e   Violate, Claudio ^b   Lewkonia, Raymond ^c   Lockyer, Jocelyn ^d   Fidler, Herta ^a   Toews, John ^b   Jennett, Penny ^c   Donoff, Michel ^d   Moores, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Prescribing and Analytics and Physician Health Monitoring   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETENCE; COST; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033551599     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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