Project management can help to reduce costs and improve quality in health care services

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-52

  Sa Couto, Joaquim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Batch; Cost; Health care; Production; Project management; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

COST CONTROL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 38349030731     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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