Managing medical practice: Time for a quantitative approach?

Clinician in Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Maynard, Alan ^a   Bloor, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042889080     PISSN: 09655751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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