Progress of unit based quality improvement: An evaluation of a support strategy

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 308-314

  Wallin, L ^a,b   Bostrom A M ^c   Harvey, G ^d   Wikblad, K ^e   Ewald, U ^b  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d RCN Institute   (United Kingdom)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAINING;

EID: 0036903611     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.11.4.308     Document Type: Article

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