Quality improvement within Independent Practitioner Associations: Lessons from New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1135, 2001, Pages 304-306

  Houston, Neil ^a,d   Coster, Gregor ^b   Wolff, Linda ^c  

^a Dollar Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Dollar Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PEER REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035854714     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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