Public profiling of clinical performance

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1323-1325

  Naylor, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0037070521     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.10.1323     Document Type: Editorial

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