Calibrating the compass: Using quality improvement data for outcome evaluation, cost control, and creating quality organizational cultures

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 45-68

  Methot, David G Davidson ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost control; Industrial evaluation model; Medical evaluation model; Organizational cultures; Outcome evaluation; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449560517     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v21n03_03     Document Type: Article

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