Enhancing Michigan's local public health accreditation program through participation in the multistate learning collaborative

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-414

  Kushion, Mary L ^a   Tews, Debra Scamarcia ^b   Parker, Melody D ^c  

^a Central Michigan District Health Department   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Best practice(s); Continuous quality improvement; Digital library; Local public health

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34250637862     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000278036.54141.c3     Document Type: Review

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