The effectiveness of structural quality in quality assurance. A review;Effektivität von strukturqualität in der qualitätssicherung - Review

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-114

  Lüngen, Markus ^a   Lauterbach, Karl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care policy; Health care system; Hospital; Quality of care; Structural quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GUIDELINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 0036186043     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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