Success factors and hurdles in quality improvement in a children's hospital

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-19

  Smith, C D ^a   Tecklenburg, Fred W ^a   Habib, David M ^a   Hughes, Mary R ^a   Hulsey, Thomas C ^a   Ebeling, Myla ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEANING;

EID: 0036151466     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spsu.2002.29362     Document Type: Article

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