Why don berwick is almost right: How public health quality improvement operates within complex systems

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-73

  Beitsch, Leslie M ^a   Moran, John ^b,c   Duffy, Grace ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Public Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 83155160958     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31822ca3d3     Document Type: Note

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