Quality: The need for intelligent efforts

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1455-1456

  Baruch, Lawrence ^a   Phillips, Robert A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23044474871     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.13.1455     Document Type: Editorial

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