Improving the quality of medical care: Building bridges among professional pride, payer profit, and patient satisfaction

JAMA

Volumn 286, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 2578-2585

  Grol, R ^a  

^a Centre for Quality of Care Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL CARE; MODEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFIT;

EID: 0035965639     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.20.2578     Document Type: Article

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