Improving service delivery in a county health department WIC clinic: An application of statistical process control techniques

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1619-1625

  Boe, Debra Thingstad ^a   Riley, William ^b   Parsons, Helen ^b  

^a Dakota County Public Health Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINNESOTA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 69049113981     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.138289     Document Type: Article

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