Toward standardized, comparable public health systems data: A taxonomic description of essential public health work

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 2, 2009, Pages 1818-1841

  Merrill, Jacqueline ^a   Keeling, Jonathan ^a   Gebbie, Kristine ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Public health; Taxonomy; Work characteristics; Work measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAXONOMY;

HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849087048     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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