Assessing quality of care: Knowledge matters

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-340

  Holmboe, Eric S ^a   Lipner, Rebecca ^a   Greiner, Ann ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SKILL; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349165367     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.3.338     Document Type: Note

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