Assessing quality improvement in local health Departments: Results from the Multi-State Learning Collaborative

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Joly, Brenda M ^a   Booth, Maureen ^a   Shaler, George ^a   Mittal, Prashant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

local health departments; mini collaboratives; multi state learning collaborative; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155188971     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31823788da     Document Type: Article

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