The UK quality and outcomes framework

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7680, 2008, Pages 1181-1182

  Lester, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 57349179949     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2095     Document Type: Editorial

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