Sea change: Public reporting and the safety and quality of the Australian health care system

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Hughes, Clifford F ^a   Mackay, Patricia ^b,c  

^a Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENTINEL EVENT; SURGERY;

EID: 33646712602     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00361.x     Document Type: Article

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