Determining when quality improvement initiatives should be considered research: Proposed criteria and potential implications

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2275-2280

  Casarett, David ^b   Karlawish, Jason H T ^c   Sugarman, Jeremy ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034600270     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.17.2275     Document Type: Article

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