PERFECT - Conclusions and future developments

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Häkkinen, Unto ^a   Malmivaara, Antti ^a   Sund, Reijo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENCHMARKING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 79958016311     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2011.586904     Document Type: Article

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