Setting national priorities for quality assessment of health care services in Korea

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-165

  Cho, Woohyun ^a   Lee, Sunhee ^b   Kang, Hye Young ^a   Kang, Myongkeun ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health care services; Priority; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLOBULIN;

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SATISFACTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; KOREA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 16844376988     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi018     Document Type: Article

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