Managing healthcare quality in project management framework

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-278

  Dey, Prasanta K ^a   Hariharan, Seetharaman ^b   Chen, Deryk ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Healthcare services; Opportunities and Threats matrix; Project prioritising; Quality management; Strengths; SWOT; Weaknesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248211763     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2007.013092     Document Type: Article

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