Integrated approach to healthcare quality management: A case study

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-605

  Dey, Prasanta Kumar ^a   Hariharan, Seetharaman ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Health services; Quality management; Service operations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES;

HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749998158     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610707093     Document Type: Article

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