Quality improvement in local health departments: Progress, pitfalls, and potential

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 494-502

  Leep, Carolyn ^a   Beitsch, Leslie M ^b   Gorenflo, Grace ^a   Solomon, Jessica ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Local health department; Performance improvement; Performance management; Performance standards; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73449086743     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181aab5ca     Document Type: Article

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