Defining high quality health care

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-416

  Cooperberg, Matthew R ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^b   Litwin, Mark S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality assurance; Health care quality indicators; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONALIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67649321431     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.01.015     Document Type: Review

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