Using common work environment metrics to improve performance in healthcare organizations

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 8-23

  Lowe, Graham ^a   Chan, Ben ^b  

^a Graham Lowe Group Inc   (Canada)

^b Ontario Health Quality Council   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 77957285758     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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