Improving the quality of quality measurement the tinkerer, the tailor and the candlestick maker

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-377

  Monika, Saffbrd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64249161118     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a14b65     Document Type: Editorial

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