Accreditation in ambulatory health care in the United States of America;Zertifizierungsverfahren für ambulante versorgung in den USA

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 634-638

  Courté Wienecke, Sonja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Ambulatory care; Managed care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; AMBULATORY CARE; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034265003     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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