The national public fealth performance standards: Driving quality improvement in public health systems

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Corso, Liza C ^a   Lenaway, Dennis ^a   Beitsch, Leslie M ^b,c   Landrum, Laura B ^d   Deutsch, Heidi ^e  

^a Office of Public Health Systems Performance   (United States)

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

^c Center for Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^d Association of State and Territorial Health Officials   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Accountability; Accreditation; Assessment; Health departments; Performance standards; Public health practice; Public health systems; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74349119993     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181c02800     Document Type: Short Survey

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