National service frameworks as tools for quality improvement

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-212

  Checkland, K ^a   Marshall, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036753346     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.3.211     Document Type: Short Survey

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