A low performance-low quality trap in the non-profit healthcare sector in Turkey and a solution

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1131-1141

  Kara, Ahmet ^a   Tarim, Mehveş ^b   Zaim, Selim ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0142246335     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000107690     Document Type: Article

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