A story of success: Continuous quality improvement in cystic fibrosis care in the USA

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1106-1108

  Quon, Bradley S ^a   Goss, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP MEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81555201440     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200611     Document Type: Note

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