Creating the evidence base for quality improvement collaboratives

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 897-901

  Mittman, Brian S ^a,b  

^a Vet Aff Qual Enhancement Res I   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542427534     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-11-200406010-00011     Document Type: Review

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