The quality of care for adults with epilepsy: An initial glimpse using the QUIET measure

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pugh, Mary Jo ^a,b   Berlowitz, Dan R ^c,d   Rao, Jaya K ^e   Shapiro, Gabriel ^d,f   Avetisyan, Ruzan ^d   Hanchate, Amresh ^c   Jarrett, Kelli ^d   Tabares, Jeffrey ^a   Kazis, Lewis E ^c,d  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650719203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-1     Document Type: Article

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