Suitability of three indicators measuring the quality of coordination within hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Minvielle, Etienne ^a   Leleu, Henri ^a   Capuano, Frédéric ^a   Grenier, Catherine ^b   Loirat, Philippe ^a   Degos, Laurent ^c  

^a EHESS Sciences   (France)

^b FNCLCC   (France)

^c Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77950661995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-93     Document Type: Article

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