Doing things better vs doing better things

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 483-485

  Kravitz, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation of resources; Delivery of health care; Disparities; Priority setting; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

CANCER; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; STROKE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544439384     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.407     Document Type: Editorial

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