Unmeasured improvement work: The lack of routinely collected, service-related data in NHS endoscopy units in England involved in "modernisation"

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Thorne, Kymberley ^a   Hutchings, Hayley A ^a   Elwyn, Glyn ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; ENDOSCOPY; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE MEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 38949125878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-20     Document Type: Article

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