Share: A tool to analyze and assess strategies in health care organization management

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-58

  Boelle P Y ^a   Vibert, J F ^a,b   Garnerin, Philippe ^a,c   Valleron, A J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344936085     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1997.1466     Document Type: Article

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