Effective quality improvement: Some necessary conditions

British Journal of Health Care Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-68

  Powell, Alison ^a   Rushmer, Rosemary ^a   Davies, Huw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949463678     PISSN: 13580574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2009.15.2.39168     Document Type: Article

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