After the collaborative is over: What sustains quality improvement initiatives in primary care practices?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 502-508

  Bray, Paul ^a,b   Cummings, Doyle M ^b   Pharm, D ^b   Wolf, Marti ^c   Massing, Mark W ^d   Reaves, Janet ^e  

^a and Research   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Carolina Hospital Association Quality Center   (United States)

^d Physician Community Service   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73349098749     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35069-2     Document Type: Article

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