Quality and safety in medical care: What does the future hold?

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1425-1431

  Liang, Bryan A ^a,b   MacKey, Tim ^a,b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555189328     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0154-OA     Document Type: Article

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