Targets, inspections, and transparency

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7440, 2004, Pages 598-

  Bevan, Gwyn ^a   Hood, Christopher ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1542719645     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.598     Document Type: Editorial

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