Quality issues in health care research and practice

Nursing Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-262

  Shur, Richard ^a   Simons, Norma ^b  

^a Orchard Hills Psychiatric Center   (United States)

^b Simons White and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849105086     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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