What would it take to improve the quality of healthcare: More money, or more data?

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Tomson, Charles R V ^a  

^a NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Quality improvement; Registries; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 69049119452     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-2-140     Document Type: Article

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