Clinical-quality registries: Their role in quality improvement

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 244-245

  McNeil, John J ^a   Evans, Sue M ^a   Johnson, Niall P ^b   Cameron, Peter A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COMPETITION; COST CONTROL; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HIP SURGERY; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEADERSHIP; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77950610024     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03499.x     Document Type: Editorial

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