Applying quality improvement approaches to health care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7725, 2009, Pages 819-

  Marshall, Martin ^a  

^a Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 70349859842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3411     Document Type: Editorial

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