Clinical performance measurement: Part 1 - Getting the best out of it

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 508-510

  Goddard, M ^a,b   Davies, H T O ^c   Dawson, D ^c   Mannion, R ^c   McInnes, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0036793157     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.95.10.508     Document Type: Short Survey

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