Health care safety and quality: Where have we been and where are we going?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Barraclough, Bruce H ^a   Birch, Jim ^b,c  

^a Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^c Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33646674503     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00362.x     Document Type: Article

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