General practitioners' assessments of hospital quality and performance

Clinical Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-47

  Mannion, Russell ^a   Goddard, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; National Health Service; Organizational performance; Scotland; Service quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 1542300242     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270410517719     Document Type: Article

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