Effective quality improvement: Lean

British Journal of Health Care Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 270-275

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949464876     PISSN: 13580574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2009.15.6.42569     Document Type: Article

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