Improving the quality of healthcare in Japan: A systematic review of procedural volume and outcome literature

BioScience Trends

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Miyata, Hiroaki ^a   Motomura, Noboru ^a   Kondo, James ^b   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a   Hasegawa, Toshihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Institute for Health Economics and Policy   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Healthcare; Procedural volume; Systematic review; Volume outcome

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 67650447131     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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