Identifying continuous quality improvement publications: What makes an improvement intervention 'CQI'?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1011-1019

  O'Neill, Sean M ^a,b   Hempel, Susanne ^a   Lim, Yee Wei ^a   Danz, Marjorie S ^a,c   Foy, Robbie ^d   Suttorp, Marika J ^a   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,c,e   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,c,e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; SCREENING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PUBLICATIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 82655162241     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.050880     Document Type: Article

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