The emerging imperative for health care quality improvement

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1078-1084

  Kizer, Kenneth W ^a  

^a NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Health care; Quality

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERROR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036844649     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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