The july effect: Fertile ground for systems improvement

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 331-332

  Barach, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 80052442266     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-5-201109060-00352     Document Type: Editorial

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