Creating a culture of quality: The remarkable transformation of the Department of Affairs Health Care System

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-318

  Greenfield, Sheldon ^a   Kaplan, Sherrie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4043130211     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00013     Document Type: Review

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