Indicators of quality in the critical patient;Indicadores de calidad en el enfermo crítico

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Martin Delgado M C ^a   Cabre Ll ^b   Ruiz, J ^b   Blanch, Ll ^b   Blanco, J ^b   Castillo, F ^b   Galdos P ^b   Roca, J ^b   Saura, R M ^b  

^a NONE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Critical patient; Intensive medicine; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SPAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 38349151207     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(08)70899-4     Document Type: Article

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