Measuring against clinical standards

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Shaw, Charles D ^a,b  

^a CASPE Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Roedean House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Credentialing; External assessment; Performance measurement; Quality of care; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING;

EID: 0038798573     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00175-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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