Building a bridge to accreditation - The role of the national public health performance standards program

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 374-377

  Corso, Liza C ^a   Landrum, Laura B ^b   Lenaway, Dennis ^a   Brooks, Robert ^c   Halverson, Paul K ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Association of State and Territorial Health Officials   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Arkansas Department Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCREDITATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250630445     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000278030.41573.c2     Document Type: Note

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