The importance of organizational characteristics for improving outcomes in patients with chronic disease: A systematic review of congestive heart failure

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Leykum, Luci K ^a   Parchman, Michael ^b   Pugh, Jacqueline ^a   Lawrence, Valerie ^a   Noël, Polly H ^a   McDaniel Jr, Reuben R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 77955782230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-66     Document Type: Article

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