Do you measure up?: Further steps toward standardization and measuring quality in neurologic care

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-17

  Britton, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78751621435     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318206ca86     Document Type: Editorial

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