Aligning forces for quality: A program to improve health and health care in communities across the United States

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1461-1463

  Painter, Michael W ^a   Lavizzo Mourey, Risa ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RWJF ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54349100202     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1461     Document Type: Note

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