Physician group cultural dimensions and quality performance indicators: Not all is equal

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Smalarz, Amy ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Organizations; Physician group performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33746700797     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-200607000-00003     Document Type: Article

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