Measuring and improving quality in emergency medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1091-1107

  Graff, Louis ^a   Stevens, Carl ^a   Spaite, Daniel ^a   Foody, JoAnne ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Quality improvement; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASTHMA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036843308     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1091     Document Type: Article

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