Continuous quality improvement and controlled trials are not mutually exclusive

Health Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 701-705

  Goldberg, H I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033890750     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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