Designing national quality reforms: A framework for action

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 334-340

  Leatherman, Sheila ^a,b   Sutherland, Kim ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; TAXONOMY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549051751     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm049     Document Type: Article

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