Quality measurement: Is the glass half full yet?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 279-280

  Simpson, Lisa ^a   Lawless, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 26444553634     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2005)5[279:QMITGH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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