Exploring the business case for improving the quality of health care for children

Health Affairs

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 159-166

  Homer, Charles ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242703340     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.4.159     Document Type: Article

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8. Leatherman et al., "The Business Case."
9. The full cases are available from the authors. Send e-mail to chomer@nichq.org.
10. M.B. Shafer et al., "Effect of a Clinical Practice Improvement Intervention on Chlamydial Screening among Adolescent Girls," Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 22 (2002): 2846-2852.
11. Leatherman et al., "The Business Case."
12. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, United Kingdom, "Every Child Matters" (London: Stationery Office, September 2003).