Quality management and business performance in hospitals: A search for success parameters

Total Quality Management

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1123-1133

  Kunst, Paul ^a   Lemmink, Jos ^b  

^a UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1542532485     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095441200440377     Document Type: Article

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