The quest to improve Chinese healthcare: Some fundamental issues

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 416-428

  Lee, Shiu Hung ^a   Ng, Artie W ^b   Zhang, Karen ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute for Hospital Performance and Assessment   (China)

^c Securac China Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Health services; Performance measurement systems; Quality improvement; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547152683     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710763334     Document Type: Article

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