A structured women's preventive health clinic for residents: A quality improvement project designed to meet training needs and improve cervical cancer screening rates

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Singh, Mamta K ^a   Einstadter, Douglas ^b,c   Lawrence, Renee ^a  

^a Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249252335     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.033274     Document Type: Article

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