Planning highly specialised services in Catalonia;Planificación de los servicios de alta especialización en Cataluña

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Guarga, Alex ^a,e   Pla, Roger ^b   Benet, Josep ^c   Pozuelo, Alfonso ^d  

^a Regió Sanitria de Barcelona   (Spain)

^b Gerente Territorial Tarragona Terres de l'Ebre   (Spain)

^c Responsable de Sistemas de Información   (Spain)

^d Servei Català de la Salut   (Spain)

^e Regió Sanitria de Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentration; High complexity; Planning; Results

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRAUMATOLOGY; ARTICLE; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPAIN;

HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SPAIN; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 67549122892     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(08)76476-5     Document Type: Article

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