Monitoring mortality rates in general practice after Shipman

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7383, 2003, Pages 274-276

  Baker, Richard ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Goldblatt, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037310157     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7383.274     Document Type: Short Survey

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