What the United States could learn from Israel about improving the quality of health care

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 764-772

  Rosen, Bruce ^a   Pawlson, L Gregory ^b   Nissenholtz, Rachel ^c   Benbassa, Jochanan ^c   Porath, Avi ^d   Chassin, Mark R ^e   Landon, Bruce E ^f  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^c Smokler Center for Health Policy Research   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Harvard Medical School ^*

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISRAEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ISRAEL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955642448     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0061     Document Type: Article

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