Quality improvement - From policy to action

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1198, 2004, Pages

  Seddon, Mary ^a   Buchanan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 6944229559     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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