Development of clinical-quality registries in Australia: The way forward

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 360-363

  Evans, Sue M ^a   Scott, Ian A ^a,b   Johnson, Niall P ^c   Cameron, Peter A ^a   McNeil, John J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REGISTER;

EID: 79955508748     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03007.x     Document Type: Article

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