Making systemwide improvements in health care: Lessons from Jönköping County, Sweden

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a,d   Bojestig, Mats ^b   Henriks, Goran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Jonkoping County Council   (Sweden)

^c Jonkoping County Council Qulturum   (Sweden)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality; Improvement strategies; Swedish health system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846435752     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019514-200701000-00003     Document Type: Article

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