Exploring the pathology of quality failings: Measuring quality is not the problem - Changing it is

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 243-251

  Davies, Huw Talfryn Oakley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Quality; Report cards

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANAGED CARE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035018916     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2001.00266.x     Document Type: Review

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