Outcome assessment: Suggestions for agency practice

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 689-710

  Mordock, John B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034329963     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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