Future of quality measurement

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7630, 2007, Pages 1130-1131

  Lester, Helen ^a,c   Roland, Martin ^b  

^a Department of Primary Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b National Primary Care Research and Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 37049025984     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39385.406192.ad     Document Type: Article

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