Quality indicators in Anatomic Pathology;Indicatori di qualità in Anatomia Patologica

Pathologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Collazzo, R ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Anatomic pathology; Audit; Continuous Quality Improvement; Pathology Reports; Peer Review; Quality Assurance Indicators; Quality Improvement; Turnaround Time (TAT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3843076468     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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