From little things, big things grow: A local approach to system-wide maternity services reform in the absence of definitive evidence

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Boxall, Anne Marie ^a   Flitcroft, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35648994000     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-18     Document Type: Article

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