Differentiating quality improvement from research

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-8

  Reinhardt, Anita C ^a,b   Ray, Leslie N ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RISK; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037309051     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnr.2003.50000     Document Type: Review

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