Quality award dimensions: A strategic instrument for measuring health service quality

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-378

  Palani Natha Raja, M ^a   Deshmukh, S G ^a   Wadhwa, Subhash ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Baldrige Award; European Foundation for Quality Management; Health services; India; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547160220     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710763299     Document Type: Article

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