A performance improvement programme at a public hospital in Sri Lanka: An introduction

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 361-369

  Withanachchi, Nimnath ^a   Karandagoda, Wimal ^b   Handa, Yujiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Castle Street Hospital for Women ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business improvement; Developing countries; Hospitals; Quality improvement; Sri Lanka; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SRI LANKA; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; SRI LANKA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 16544392049     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260410560820     Document Type: Article

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