The challenges of quality improvement reports and the urgent need for more of them

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1020-1022

  McIntyre, Kieran ^a,b   Shojania, Kaveh G ^b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ASTHMA; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81555198451     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200853     Document Type: Editorial

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