Rationalization through acquisition of individual service data instead of rationing: A contribution to computer-assisted quality management in intensive care medicine;Rationalisierung statt Rationierung durch individuelle Leistungserfassung: Ein Beitrag zum computergestützten Qualitätsmanagement in der Intensivmedizin

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 472-479

  Rathgeber, J ^a   Schurgers D ^a   Kersten, J ^a   Schillings, H ^a   Burchardi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Documentation system; Intensive care medicine: Treatment costs; Quality assurance; Rationalization; Service data acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542536785     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003900050075     Document Type: Article

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