Cost of quality at a clinical laboratory in a resource-limited country

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 429-433

  Elbireer, Ali ^a,b   Gable, Alicia R ^b   Jackson, J Brooks ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculation of quality costs; Clinical laboratory; Cost of quality; Resource limited setting; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST OF QUALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 77954730527     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMCZ0ZFR80QWIBEM     Document Type: Short Survey

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