Quality pays - In every business!

Transfusion Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 589-596

  Berte, Lucia M ^a   Nevalainen, David E ^b  

^a Abbott Quality Institute ^*  (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BLOOD BANK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 0345810325     PISSN: 09553886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3886(97)00058-1     Document Type: Editorial

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