Quality of health care surveillance systems: Review and implementation in the Swiss setting

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 33-34, 2002, Pages 461-469

  Luthi, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c   McClellan, William M ^c,d   Flanders, W Dana ^c   Pitts, Stephen R ^c   Burnand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Health Observatory   (Switzerland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Georgia Medical Care Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of health care; Surveillance systems; Swiss health care setting

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037167426     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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