Factors affecting physician performance: Implications for performance improvement and governance

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wenghofer, Elizabeth F ^a,b   Williams, A Paul ^c   Klass, Daniel J ^c,d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 70450206872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2013.21178     Document Type: Article

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