Still no magic bullets: Pursuing more rigorous research in quality improvement

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 778-780

  Shojania, Kaveh G ^a,c   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 2442514535     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.003     Document Type: Editorial

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