How to measure a process in the cardiac invasive procedures?: The frame of reference for a hospital unit

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-340

  Tuomi, Ville ^a   Keistinen, Timo ^b   Korpilahti, Kari ^b   Himanen, Marjo Riitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^b VAASA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Process measurement; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953156054     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2010.033427     Document Type: Article

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