Evaluation criteria for report cards of healthcare providers

Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 173-189

  Schold, Jesse D ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749093133     PISSN: 07312199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0731-2199(08)19008-2     Document Type: Review

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