Performance indicators as a measure of the quality of medical care: Rhetoric and reality;Prestatie-indicatoren als maat voor de kwaliteit van medische zorg: Retoriek en realiteit

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 49, 2005, Pages 2715-2719

  Giard, R W M ^a  

^a Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; IDEOLOGY; MEDICAL CARE; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 28844498683     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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