Quality assessment by external bodies: Intended and unintended impact on healthcare delivery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Riskin, Loren ^a   Campagna, Jason A ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

AUTHORSHIP; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 68049114689     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283244630     Document Type: Review

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