Value of quality improvement reporting

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1104-1105

  Johansen, Kirsten L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 38449097136     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03800907     Document Type: Editorial

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