Hospital quality management system in a low income Arabic country: An evaluation

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 514-530

  Øvretveit, John ^a,b   Al Serouri, Abdul ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Hospitals; Quality management; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748333151     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860610686999     Document Type: Article

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