Physicians' identification of factors associated with quality in high- and low-performing hospitals

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 217-223

  Hockey, Peter M ^a   Bates, David W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953452976     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36035-1     Document Type: Article

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